Physician in triage improves emergency department patient throughput

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 457-462

  Imperato, Jason ^a   Morris, Darren Scott ^b   Binder, David ^a   Fischer, Christopher ^b   Patrick, John ^a   Sanchez, Leon Dahomey ^b   Setnik, Gary ^a  

^a MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency Medicine; Length of stay; Overcrowding; Patient throughput; Physician in triage; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CROWDING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 84866551883     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-012-0839-0     Document Type: Article

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