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Improving Triage Accuracy In The Emergency Department, Joselyn Silverman
Improving Triage Accuracy In The Emergency Department, Joselyn Silverman
Master's Projects and Capstones
Problem: High rates of patients being mis-triaged was occurring at Hospital X leading to poor patient outcomes and incorrect staffing levels.
Context: This quality improvement project took place at Hospital X’s emergency department. A stakeholder analysis and a microsystem assessment along with a staff survey was created in order to determine areas of improvement and staff responsiveness.
Interventions: Eight educational seminars were conducted along with Hospital X leadership and students created supplemental materials for the staff to use on a daily basis.
Measures: Two data pulls were conducted over the course of the quality improvement project; one prior to the …