UCLA Health is creating telehealth-specific triage protocols to help providers determine when it is appropriate to deliver care to patients via a virtual approach, according to a Dec. 30 NEJM Catalyst ...

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As the latest virus surge swamps hospitals, researchers consider the role machine learning could play in making decisions about care. The latest surge of COVID infections has hospitals crowded, ...

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When evaluating patients presenting to an emergency department (ED), a quick, visual assessment ("eyeball triage") is better than a formal triage when it comes to predicting mortality, a study has ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed an AI chatbot that guides patients through self-triage using American Medical Association protocols. In more than 30,000 simulated ...

Anyone who is not in the medical profession and who has wandered into an emergency room may be baffled by the hours of waiting and the mysterious process by which nurses and doctors move patients ...

An Ohio hospital's provider-in-triage model is generating clinical, financial, and strategic benefits, including lowering its rate of ER patients who leave without being seen. Grandview Medical Center ...

Telephone triage is an essential component of today's oncology practice, and it has grown in importance as the care of patients with cancer has transitioned from the inpatient to the outpatient ...