On Tuesday, the Emergency Nurses Association advanced its commitment to ensuring timely and precise patient assessments with the release of the Emergency Severity Index Handbook, 5 th Edition, and ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released the fourth version of its Emergency Severity Index, a triage tool for emergency department personnel. The Emergency Severity Index is a ...

Emergency Departments (ED), given the wide range of what is considered an emergency, are never first-come, first-served. Patients are prioritized by a five-level Emergency Severity Index (ESI). A ...

March 12, 2012 — Emergency department triage nurses underestimated the severity of the conditions of 22.5% of elderly patients in a new study published online March 9 in the Annals of Emergency ...

The Emergency Severity Index is relied upon by about 80% of U.S. hospitals for emergency nurses. A well-implemented ESI program trains for swift decision-making skills that lead to improved ...

The software, implemented in February 2023, is designed to assist UMass nurses in more accurately assigning an acuity level on the Emergency Severity Index, which consequently determines the ...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., March. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- For emergency nurses who expect the unexpected in their emergency department, the ability to rapidly and accurately triage patients can make all ...

Revisions focus on enhanced use of algorithm to avoid misinterpretations and inaccurate decisions SCHAUMBURG, Ill., March. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- For emergency nurses who expect the unexpected ...