"assess patients" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the action of medical professionals evaluating the medical condition of an individual or a group of patients. For example: Nurses will assess patients in the recovery ward before releasing them.
The use of a VTE risk-assessment tool in pediatric hematology oncology patients is a feasible way to assess patients for their risk of developing a VTE.
Using reaction time to assess patients with unilateral neglect and extinction.
Yet both assess patients' symptoms and make recommendations for their care, and both are highly successful.
New software could help mental-health professionals assess patients and ensure that salespeople project a positive attitude.
And crucially, they assess patients' social care requirements well before they are medically fit to go home.
The information, known as the minimum data set, is used to assess patients' needs and to help the government compute the proper reimbursement.
Receptionists with no medical training were expected to assess patients coming in to A&E, some of whom needed urgent care".
Every resident is now assessed for pain upon admission, and nurses assess patients in the pain management program at every shift.
Residents treat patients with psychotic illnesses, often with co-morbid substance abuse, and assess patients for research studies.
Self-testing approaches could be coupled with telemedicine consultations using Skype- or FaceTime-like technologies to assess patients and Amazon-like services to home-deliver medications and treatments.
You can't fully assess patients on the corridor, so you look at them, get as much information from the paramedics as possible, and make a judgment call.
