Pediatrics

Peer-to-peer e-consults save money for pediatric trauma patients

Initial peer-to-peer e-consultations cost less than reflexive ambulance transfer in most situations for pediatric orthopedic trauma patients, according to a study published online Nov. 3 in the Journal of the American Academy ...

Health informatics

Better over-the-phone health care using artificial intelligence

In health care, triage involves categorizing patients by urgency levels so that the most urgent patients are prioritized to receive care. When patients are assigned a less urgent category than they really need, it is considered ...

Health informatics

Online tool effective in triaging nearly all COVID-19 patients

An automated, online triage tool developed by Penn Medicine categorized nearly every one of the patients who used it into a safe severity level, a new study shows. Published today in Applied Clinical Informatics, the study ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Triage rules needed for health workers

A warning has been issued that Australian health workers face legal risks if they make triage decisions during a disaster—and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the problem sharply into focus.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ethical recommendations for triage of COVID-19 patients

An international expert group led by Mathias Wirth, professor of systematic theology and ethics at the University of Bern, has developed recommendations for avoiding triage of COVID-19 patients in extreme situations. The ...

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