Implementing an electronic observation and early warning score chart in the emergency department: A feasibility study

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2017, Pages e11-e16

  Pullinger, Richard ^a   Wilson, Sarah ^d   Way, Rob ^a   Santos, Mauro ^b   Wong, David ^b   Clifton, David ^b   Birks, Jacqueline ^c   Tarassenko, Lionel ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early warning score; Electronic observation chart; Emergency department; Observation chart; Patient deterioration; Track and trigger

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84958817731     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000371     Document Type: Article

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