Implementing a structured triage system at a community health centre using Kaizen
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Original Research: Implementing a structured triage system at a community health centre using Kaizen
Background: More than 100 unbooked patients present daily to the Mitchell’s Plain Community Health Centre (MPCHC), and are triaged by a doctor, with the assistance of a staff nurse. The quality of the triage assessments has been found to be variable, with patients often being deferred without their vital signs being recorded. This leads to frustration, and a resultant increased workload for doc...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Family Practice
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2078-6190,2078-6204
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2009.10873913