Evaluation of physician in triage impact on overcrowding in emergency department using discrete-event simulation

Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a common issue in emergency medicine of Canada. Previous studies indicate that adding a physician in triage (PIT) can increase accuracy and efficiency in the initial process of patient evaluations. However, the PIT concept should be thoroughly researched bef...

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Main Authors: Qingjin Peng, Jie Yang, Trevor Strome, Erin Weldon, Alecs Chochinov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Project Management
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/jpm/Vol5/jpm_2020_11.pdf