JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 7nd, 2021 – TriageLogic has released a study they conducted of their telehealth nurse system during the COVID-19 pandemic that analyzes caller data, protocols used, and general changes…
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) can be one of the most effective programs you can implement to manage the care of your patients suffering from a chronic disease. Wearable devices track…
Triage nurses use Schmitt-Thompson protocols to determine which symptoms are serious. However, sometimes symptoms that patients don’t think are serious, such as headache or chest pains, might actually require emergency…
When a telephone triage nurse evaluates a patient, she has to properly evaluate the severity of the symptoms presented to determine the correct disposition. TriageLogic nurses use Schmitt-Thompson protocols to…
We studied data from 230,000 telephone calls from our nurse triage call center from January- October 2020. Nurses ensured that all callers received standardized, high-quality care by using guided symptom-based protocols written by Doctors Schmitt and Thompson. During each call we collected information about the patient’s demographics, the triage protocol used by the nurse, and the patient’s disposition. Patients were also asked whether or not they were planning to go to the emergency room (ER) prior to calling a nurse. In this article we focus on the callers that ended up in the ER and their demographics.
The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged healthcare organizations and physicians to adopt remote healthcare more readily -- from telehealth visits to remote patient monitoring (RPM). The need to care for patients…
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 53% of American adults estimated that the COVID pandemic had a negative effect on their mental health. Looking at the data that we've collected during the pandemic from our nurse triage service, we begin to see a clear picture. In this article, we deep dive into the data that show us how COVID cases have impacted collective mental health.
