Open AccessA telehealth program to perform medical screening examinations
Author(s) -
Matthew Laghezza,
Rahul Sharma,
Hanson Hsu,
Peter Greenwald,
Robert Sullivan,
Dona Alma Bou Eid
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the american academy of physician assistants
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0893-7400
DOI - 10.1097/01.jaa.0000662420.25306.73
Subject(s) - telehealth , medical education , medical physics , medicine , telemedicine , computer science , health care , political science , law
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.