Patient Assignment Models in the Emergency Department.

Patient Assignment Models in the Emergency Department. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2020 Aug;38(3):607-615 Authors: Hodgson NR, Traub SJ Abstract Early assignment of patients to specific treatment teams improves length of stay, rate of patients leaving without being seen, patient satisfaction, and resident education. Multiple variations of patient assignment systems exist, including provider-in-triage/team triage, fast-tracks/vertical pathways, and rotational patient assignment. The authors discuss the theory behind patient assignment systems and review potential benefits of specific models of patient assignment found in the current literature. PMID: 32616282 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Medical Clinics of North America - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Emerg Med Clin North Am Source Type: research