Waiting for Triage: Unmeasured Time in Patient Flow

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" Waiting for Triage: Unmeasured Time in Patient Flow "
Houston, Christopher; Sanchez, Leon D.; Fischer, Christopher; Volz, Kathryn; Wolfe, Richard

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	933625
Doc. No	:	LA4gj1g690
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Houston, Christopher; Sanchez, Leon D.; Fischer, Christopher; Volz, Kathryn; Wolfe, Richard
Title & Author	:	Waiting for Triage: Unmeasured Time in Patient Flow [Article]\ Houston, Christopher; Sanchez, Leon D.; Fischer, Christopher; Volz, Kathryn; Wolfe, Richard
Title of Periodical	:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
Volume/ Issue Number	:	16/1
Date	:	2015
Abstract	:	Introduction: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires reporting of multiple time-sensitive metrics. Most facilities use triage time as the time of arrival. Little is known about how long patients wait prior to triage. As reimbursement to the hospital may be tied to these metrics, it is essential to accurately record the time of arrival. Our objective was to quantify the time spent waiting to be triaged for patients arriving to the emergency department (ED).