Physician gestalt for emergency department triage: A prospective videotaped study.

Ming-Tai Cheng Chih-Wei SungChia-Hsin KoYun Chang ChenChiat Qiao LiewDean-An LingEdward Che-Wei LiaoTsung-Chien LuNai-Wen KuLi-Chen FuChien-Hua HuangChu-Lin Tsai

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2022)

Emergency physician gestalt for triage showed similar performance to a computerized system; however, physicians redistributed patients to lower triage levels. Physician gestalt has advantages for identifying low-risk patients. This approach may avoid undue time pressure for health care providers and promote rapid discharge.

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