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A telehealth program to perform medical screening examinations.
Laghezza, Matthew; Sharma, Rahul; Hsu, Hanson; Greenwald, Peter; Sullivan, Robert; Eid, Dona Alma Bou.
Affiliation
  • Laghezza M; In the Department of Emergency Medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, Matthew Laghezza is chief physician assistant, Rahul Sharma is chairman of the department and emergency physician-in-chief, Hanson Hsu and Peter Greenwald are directors of emergency telehealth services and assistant professors, Robert Sullivan is director of the PA postgraduate residency, and Dona Alma Bou Eid is a data analytics specialist. The authors have disclosed no potential conf
JAAPA ; 33(7): 51-53, 2020 Jul.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32384296
ABSTRACT
The importance of a timely medical screening examination on ED throughput, efficiency, and patient safety cannot be underestimated. This article describes a telemedicine program based on the provider in triage model that uses physician assistants and NPs to improve patient door-to-diagnostic evaluation times in the ED.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Physician Assistants / Telemedicine / Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems / Emergency Medical Services / Diagnostic Screening Programs Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: JAAPA Journal subject: MEDICINA Year: 2020 Document type: Article

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Physician Assistants / Telemedicine / Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems / Emergency Medical Services / Diagnostic Screening Programs Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: JAAPA Journal subject: MEDICINA Year: 2020 Document type: Article