Erratum: A web-based tool for patient triage in emergency department settings:validation using the emergency severity index (JMIR Medical Informatics (2015) 3:2 (e23) DOI: 10.2196/medinform.3508);A web-based tool for patient triage in emergency department settings: Validation using the emergency severity index

JMIR Medical Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Elias, Pierre ^a   Damle, Ash ^b   Casale, Michael ^c   Branson, Kim ^b   Peterson, Nick ^b   Churi, Chaitanya ^d   Komatireddy, Ravi ^e   Feramisco, Jamison ^b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Lumiata   (United States)

^c West Health Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e Scripps Translational Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support; Differential diagnosis; Emergency severity index; Triage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971602831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22919694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/medinform.4816     Document Type: Erratum

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