Triage Through Technology: New Brunswick Tele-Care Service Reduces ER Visits

Triage through technology: New Brunswick Tele-Care service reduces ER visits.

Changes in emergency department visits after introducing a triage and primary care consultation telephone service

Background In January 2014 the Capital Region introduced a single point of contact telephone service (1813) for all acute and non-emergent injuries and illnesses. In case of an acute injury, citizens are instructed to call 1813 (24/7) before attending the Emergency Department (ED). For telephone consultation or ED referral due to acute illness, citizens are instructed to call 1813 after general...

Revealing triage behaviour patterns in ER using a new technology for handwritten data acquisition

INTRODUCTION Data acquisition is still one of the important challenges to be met in clinical settings. This is even more critic in settings with high cognitive workloads, such as emergency room (ER). Observations in these settings are difficult to realize without biases and there is little means to trace fine acquisition activities done in natural environments, using pen and papers. This study ...

Association between ozone and asthma emergency department visits in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

This study examines the relationship of asthma emergency department (ED) visits to daily concentrations of ozone and other air pollutants in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Data on ED visits with a presenting complaint of asthma (n = 1987) were abstracted for the period 1984-1992 (May-September). Air pollution variables included ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfate, and total sus...

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