However, we do think that our results demonstrate the need for further research to establish the cost-effectiveness of different approaches to triaging telephone requests for care.
2 In the UK, the use of the telephone to triage patients requesting same-day appointments represents one strategy to manage the increasing workload taking place in primary care.
Practices that used nurses to telephone triage patients requesting an appointment also had lower list sizes (Mean = 4550, SD 3384), and those that did not use them for triage (Mean = 7002, SD 2694), mean difference 2452 (-137 – 5040), p = 0.062 (see table 5).
"A few of us did triage and directed requests to other members of the team.
The Maternal Fetal Medicine and Obstetric Medicine Clinics at the study site triage approximately 20 requests for referral daily.
Nonetheless, plumbing supervisors like Mr. Menocal seem to operate in triage mode, scrutinizing service requests to decide what should move to the top of the list.
The methodology and cross domain interaction showcase the portability of the approach, the efficiency of the methodologies in place, from term request to term triage and dispatch.
Based on secondary analyses of a cluster RCT (ESTEEM) that investigated the clinical effectiveness of two telephone triage management systems for patients requesting a same-day consultation with a GP, 8 9 we sought to explore whether patients' reported experiences of care were associated with their sociodemographic, health, and lifestyle characteristics.
Sent 8.12.2012 16.00 hrs URGENT REQUEST FOR HELP TONIGHT FOR TRIAGE - ANY HOURS This is a VERY URGENT REQUEST FOR HELP from the HIGHER MANAGEMENT TEAM - head office We need clinicians - doctors and nurses for triage sessions this evening and tonight or to start ASAP!
Ms. Esposito's triage team fields 15 to 20 requests for help a day.
