Impact of Emergency Department Tele-intake on Left Without Being Seen and Throughput Metrics

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 139-147

  Joshi, Aditi U ^a   Randolph, Frederick T ^a   Chang, Anna Marie ^a   Slovis, Benjamin H ^a   Rising, Kristin L ^a   Sabonjian, Megan ^b   Sites, Frank D ^b   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; URBAN POPULATION; BENCHMARKING; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT DROPOUT; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TRIAGE;

EID: 85077377089     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.13890     Document Type: Article

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