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1. Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center Implements Triage System to Improve Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2015 - The ESI Triage Group, a group of medical clinicians, managers, educators, and researchers, further refined … The ESI enabled us to do that." … Prior to implementing AHRQ's ESI, Woodhull's emergency department had used a three-level triage system … triage system works. … By using the ESI triage system, Woodhull Medical Center improved the emergency department's patient flow

2. Cleveland Clinic Health System Facility Implements AHRQ's Emergency Severity Index | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2012 - ) triage system into its split-flow model when it opened a 43-bed Adult and Pediatric ED in 2010. … The ESI Triage Group, a group of medical clinicians, managers, educators, and researchers, further refined … differentiate between the various triage levels. … The pocket cards have the ESI triage algorithm on one side and a list of resources on the reverse side … We also enlarged the pocket resource to poster size for our triage rooms to help get patients to the

3. AHRQ’s Emergency Severity Index Used to Inform Development of Obstetric Triage Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2015 - Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) used AHRQ’s Emergency Severity Index (ESI … ) to inform development of a tool used to triage obstetric patients. … The ESI classifies patients into five categories according to the severity of their conditions and the … The organization used AHRQ’s ESI as one of its research-based resources. … about AHRQ’s ESI.

4. Appendix C: Example Implementation Plan | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2018 - We plan a two-step process for expediting care for ESI 3 patients. … The subset of ESI 3 triaged patients will be referred directly to the physician in triage who will begin … We also had to identify a location within triage that the physician could occupy. … We have five triage bays, and one is currently used for performing EKGs. … The physician in triage would only see a patient after the triage nurse assessed the patient and determined

5. Section 4. Identifying Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2018 - its data, ED leaders found that 87 percent of LWBS patients were triaged as Emergency Severity Index (ESI … ) Level 3, and the highest LWBS rates occurred among a subset of ESI 3 patients presenting with one of … Further, this subset of ESI 3 patients had an average length of stay of 426 minutes, compared with an … their care with the triage physician. 2. … included both rapid and comprehensive triage training.

6. New York City Uses AHRQ's TeamSTEPPS®, Other AHRQ Resources to Advance Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2015 - Emergency Severity Index , a five-level triage tool designed to provide timely emergency care to patients … augments its patient safety efforts with another AHRQ-funded resource—the Emergency Severity Index (ESI … ), a triage tool used in emergency care. … “The ESI has provided specific timeframes within which to treat patients based on the severity of their … “ESI guidelines have helped emergency care teams at all of our hospitals provide more timely treatment

7. Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2014 - Available at http://www.ahrq.gov/research/esi/. 2. … their care with the triage physician. 2. … To implement the five-level ESI triage system at Hahnemann University Hospital, a committee of nine nurses … The subset of ESI 3 triaged patients will be referred directly to the physician in triage who will begin … The physician in triage would only see a patient after the triage nurse assessed the patient and determined

8. Improving Treatment and Care Processes for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2018 - The 2011-2015 project helped to redesign workflow, operational systems, and processes around triage, … in ED management and care also informed her work as a co-author of AHRQ’s Emergency Severity Index (ESI … ) Version 4 , an algorithm that helps EDs quickly triage patients into five levels based on their acute-care … The ESI tool was updated in 2005 and 2012 and is used by hospitals nationwide and globally. … Tanabe is a widely published author on the care and management of SCD patients, pain management, and ED triage

9. Section 5. Preparing to Launch | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2018 - Educating the nursing staff on Emergency Severity Index (ESI) triage procedures so that mid-acuity patients … several followup tasks, including ordering a permanent welcome sign for the waiting room; planning ESI … To implement the five-level ESI triage system at Hahnemann University Hospital, a committee of nine nurses … After ESI was fully implemented, nurse leaders devoted additional time auditing cases and conducting … Also, two nurses attended a train-the-trainer triage course ($16,850). Large expenditures.

10. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2024 - Published: April 2024 Setting of Care: Hospital Emergency Severity Index (ESI … ): A Triage Tool for Emergency Department Care The ESI is a five-level emergency department triage

11. Tools & Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    EHRs) Curriculum Tools Emergency Severity Index (ESI … ): A Triage Tool for Emergency Departments EvidenceNOW Tools for Change

12. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2012 - 6 next › ›› last » Last » Emergency Severity Index (ESI … ): A Triage Tool for Emergency Department Care The ESI is a five-level emergency department triage

13. Section 2. Forming a Patient Flow Team | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, chose to implement the five-level Emergency Severity Index (ESI … ) triage system as part of their participation in the UMLN II. … The assistant director felt strongly that it would be easier to communicate and implement ESI to the … Available at http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/esi/index.html . 2. … Although some simple ED throughput strategies may affect only ED processes (e.g., implementation of ESI

14. Hospital Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Sign up: HCUP Highlights Email updates Emergency Severity Index The Emergency Severity Index (ESI … ) is a five-level emergency department (ED) triage algorithm that provides clinically relevant stratification … The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded initial work on the ESI.

15. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - This study assessed the accuracy and variability of triage score assignment by emergency department ( … ED) nurses using the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) in 3 countries. … It found that the concordance of nurse-assigned ESI score with reference standard was universally poor … Although the ESI is the most popular ED triage tool in the United States and is increasingly used worldwide … , its findings point to a need for more reliable ED triage tools.

16. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Patel MD , Lin P , Cheng Q Patient sex, racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department triage … 62%, respectively) whereas 47% were assigned ESI 3 in the rural community ED. … males although both groups were roughly comparable in the assignment of ESI 4-5. … Non-White and Hispanic females were generally least likely to be assigned ESI 1-2 in all EDs. … Patient sex, racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department triage: a multi-site retrospective

17. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - using the Emergency Severity Index and independent predictors of under-triage and over-triage in Brazil … This study sought to measure the frequency of under- and over-triage of patients by nurses using the … Emergency Severity Index (ESI) in Brazil and to identify factors independently associated with each. … It concluded that, despite rigorous and ongoing training of ESI users, a large number of patients in … of under-triage and over-triage in Brazil: a retrospective cohort analysis.

18. Case 5. Heights Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2014 - Index (ESI) triage system. … clinical encounter by improving time to triage using the ESI triage system. … The project to reduce triage times resulted in adopting the ESI triage process during the RIE week. … Triage: The ESI triage process was sustained from implementation. … The BDO reported that the adoption of ESI at triage had decreased the lead time from patient entry to

19. Patient Safety Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2022 - The Emergency Severity Index (ESI): A Triage Tool for Emergency Department Care, Version 4 is a five-level … emergency department triage algorithm that provides clinically relevant stratification of patients into … The ESI helps hospital emergency departments rapidly identify patients in need of immediate attention

20. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Medicare, Registries Levin S , Toerper M , Hamrock E Machine-learning-based electronic triage … This study seeks to evaluate an electronic triage system (e-triage) based on machine learning that predicts … It concluded that E-triage more accurately classifies emergency severity index (ESI) level 3 patients … and highlights opportunities to use predictive analytics to support triage decisionmaking. … Machine-learning-based electronic triage more accurately differentiates patients with respect to clinical