A teddy bear holding a stethoscope and a red heart symbolizes compassionate nurse-led triage and patient safety.

Why Nurse-Led Triage — Supported by Technology — Catches What Automation Alone Misses

A side-by-side image of a nurse recording symptoms during a patient call and a distressed patient calling for help, highlighting the risks of incomplete manual messages.

Say Goodbye to Manual Messages: How Automated Medical Message Intake Captures Patient Requests 24/7

A nurse uses triage software with a headset on to assess patient symptoms and document care in a medical office.

How Nurse Triage Software for Medical Practices Improves Patient Care — and Reduces Daily Stress

A tired physician sits at their desk and rests their head in their hands, illustrating challenges in medical call center workflow management.

Stop the Late-Night Provider Pages: Medical Call Center Workflow Management With 24/7 Nurse Triage

Split-screen headshots of Charu Raheja and Donna Orender during a recording for the REfresh podcast, framed by a blurred microphone and warm studio lights.

Resilience, Leadership, and Nurse Triage: Dr. Charu Raheja’s Story on REfresh

Panic attack vs heart problem symptoms represented by a woman holding her hands to her chest and experiencing heavy discomfort while sitting on a couch at home.

Is This Anxiety or Something More? Understanding Panic Attack vs. Heart Problem Symptoms

Demographics of Patients with Urgent Symptoms in a Nurse Triage Center

March 12, 2021 No Comments

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.

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Nurse Triage Explains COVID-19 Vaccine Protocols

February 25, 2021 No Comments

The COVID-19 vaccine is here, and a new virus with a new vaccine means new protocols for triage nurses. Triage nurses play an important role in times like these; many patients have questions about the vaccine and if what they are feeling after receiving it is normal. A couple of COVID-19 vaccines require two shots spread apart to be effective, though there are new vaccines which only requires one. In this article, we’ll tell you about the new triage COVID-19 vaccine Schmitt-Thompson vaccine protocols, and what kind of outcomes to expect.

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