Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a problem that has deleterious consequences
for both patients and providers. Complications from such a burden on the ED include
prolonged wait times, patient dissatisfaction, decreased productivity, and increased
patient mortality [
[1]
,
[2]
]. The physician-in-triage (PIT) model has become increasingly popular in ED settings
with results suggestive of a positive impact on ED throughput [
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
]. Our ED implemented a novel PIT, termed the Rapid Assessment Team (RAT), exclusively
for patients arriving via emergency medical services (EMS). The objective of this
study is to explore the impact of our PIT model on resident and attending perceptions
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: November 24, 2018
Accepted:
November 23,
2018
Received in revised form:
November 23,
2018
Received:
November 13,
2018
Footnotes
☆MU, AA, GS report no conflicts of interest.
☆This study received no outside funding.
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