Emergency Severity Index (ESI) 2 assignment in sickle cell disease (SCD) vaso-occlusive crisis reduces median time to first ...

The use of an online symptom tracker tool can be used to triage patients and reduce the level of uncertainty they feel about the care they may need, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open ...

“Pain is a significant burden in the day-to-day lives of those living with sickle cell disease, with VOC being the number one ...

Arizona health care leaders say hospitals may soon have to make tough decisions about the treatment of COVID-19 patients amid surging cases of coronavirus infection that are crowding intensive care ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led healthcare organizations to draft plans for critical patient care in the event of shortages of resources such as ventilators. Invoking "crisis-care" standards at a ...

Stretched to the breaking point by a deluge of COVID-19 patients, Los Angeles County’s four public hospitals are preparing to take the extraordinary step of rationing care, with a team of “triage ...

Tele-triage may offer an innovative strategy to help contain the increase in ED costs and volume for chest pain. Telehealth technologies (including telephone, email, video, and remote monitoring ...

Telephone triage has emerged as a pivotal component in modern primary care services, streamlining patient management and improving the allocation of healthcare resources. By enabling trained ...

In the United States, there soon won’t be enough critical care beds and ventilators to accommodate all the patients who will need them. A pandemic influenza plan, modeled by Health and Human Services ...

Patients with COVID-19 have inundated hospitals in Italy, forcing doctors to make agonizing decisions about who should receive lifesaving care. Patient surges could soon demand distressing triage ...