A telehealth program to perform medical screening examinations. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The importance of a timely medical screening examination on ED throughput, efficiency, and patient safety cannot be underestimated. This article describes a telemedicine program based on the provider in triage model that uses physician assistants and NPs to improve patient door-to-diagnostic evaluation times in the ED.

publication date

  • July 1, 2020

Research

keywords

  • Diagnostic Screening Programs
  • Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Physician Assistants
  • Telemedicine

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC7252606

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85087320646

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/01.JAA.0000662420.25306.73

PubMed ID

  • 32384296

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 33

issue

  • 7