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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/about.html
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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.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49608/psn-pdf
August 01, 2010 - Five-level triage is associated with more accurate triage overall, and less under-triage. … Emergency triage: comparing a novel computer triage program
with standard triage. … www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18371252
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18371252
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/esi … Triage Level 1 Triage Level 2 Triage Level 3
Descriptions
Emergent, life or limb
threat
Urgent, semi-urgent … Triage Level 1 Triage Level 2
Triage Level
3
Triage Level 4
Triage Level
5
Description
Resuscitation
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49831/psn-pdf
June 01, 2018 - rural hospitals can enhance the detection of subtle
abnormalities and can improve early treatment and triage … may overestimate the value of local
care in patients' perceptions of care quality.(23) Most ED-based triage … Elaborate triage systems have been developed for trauma and cardiac care,
and some have proposed similar … Emergency Severity Index (ESI): A Triage Tool for Emergency Department Care. … SBARToolkit.aspx
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26174410
https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/esi
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-case5.html
November 01, 2014 - Index (ESI) triage system. … Examples of some of the projects undertaken include:
ESI Triage: Expediting patient access to an … initial 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.
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datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr/nhqdr-data-spotlight-and-infographics-factsheets/
January 01, 2022 - Accurate Reports from Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
Curriculum Tools
Emergency Severity Index (ESI … ): A Triage Tool for Emergency Departments
Healthcare Simulation Dictionary
Measurement and Reporting
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/makinghcsafer.html
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/chest-pain-rural-hospital
June 02, 2021 - rural hospitals can enhance the detection of subtle abnormalities and can improve early treatment and triage … overestimate the value of local care in patients' perceptions of care quality.( 23 ) Most ED-based triage … Elaborate triage systems have been developed for trauma and cardiac care, and some have proposed similar … teamwork, using ED-based consultation or telemedicine consults, standardizing handoffs, and building triage … Emergency Severity Index (ESI): A Triage Tool for Emergency Department Care.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs028563-final-report-galarraga-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Index visit information included the patient’s Emergency Severity Index (ESI) at the time of triage, … bronchodilators: 12.6%
Diagnostic
EKG performed at index
encounter
44.4% 64.7%
Encounter Acuity
ESI … : 3V 31.4% 22.1%
ESI (mean) 3.2 2.9
14
Feature Category Feature(s) No Hospitalization Hospitalization … Antiemetics: 11.6%
Diagnostic EKG performed at index encounter 45.0% 69.8%
Encounter Acuity ESI: … 3-Vertical 31.3% 16.3%
ESI (mean) 3.2 2.7
Mode of Arrival: Walk-In 84.1% 65.1%
Comorbidities Top
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs28284-simpson-final-report-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - a NLP approach to identify key symptoms that supplemented structured data
used for the electronic triage … • Utilization of MUSC’s COVID Virtual Urgent Care Screening to Testing Triage.14 The
focus of this … study was on MUSC’s use of virtual urgent care for COVID-19 screening and
triage to testing. … the COVID-19 pandemic
was not associated with a significant change in employer-sponsored insurance (ESI … However, younger individuals were more likely to lose ESI
coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic compared
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs021236-franklin-final-report-2017.pdf
January 01, 2017 - policies and programs in place (e.g. variation when rapid assessments areas
are open or closed, team in triage … High Level WDO components
Operation Required Object Goal
Arrival Medical Receptionist Check in
Triage … Triage Nurse Determine Emergency Severity Index Category
Nurse Assessment Care Area Nurse Collect … needs, and
boarding shown on
all screens
Filters on
groups,units,
care areas
pa ent acuity
scores (ESI … Triage in the emergency department–a qualitative study of
the factors which nurses consider when making
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/griffey-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - We queried home medications, chief
complaint, triage data such as acuity and trauma leveling,
keywords … captured in structured fields using natural language processing
(NLP) of EMR narratives (including triage … N=92,859
Entire Study
n=5,582
Discovery Phase
n=1,786
Validation Phase
n=3,796
Acuity (ESI … ESI = Emergency Severity Index. MERP = Medical Error Reporting and Prevention index.