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Published on: February 10, 2023
A telehealth program to perform medical screening examinations
Matthew Laghezza1, Rahul Sharma, Hanson Hsu
1In 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 conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
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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