Are Emergency Departments in the United States Following Recommendations by the Emergency Severity Index to Promote Quality Triage and Reliability?

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe (1) the extent to which emergency departments in the United States are promoting the quality of triage and the reliability of triage systems according to recommendations in the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) Handbook and (2) if relationships existed between triage structure (policies) and process (procedures) in emergency departments that promote accuracy of triage decisions.
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Research Source Type: research