Background: Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) currently face inacceptable delays in initial treatment, and long, costly hospital stays due to suboptimal initial triage and site ...

Dr Zoe Rog on how her practice’s triage system has helped them regain a degree of control against selfish patients ...

However, if the dermatologist or staff member is speaking directly with a patient, the clinician cannot expect to get an accurate description of a lesion. Telephone triage in dermatology is ...

In the event of a mass casualty incident that overwhelms the available medical resources, he or she may be the most qualified professional present to triage and organise patient care. Certain basic ...