A new Bayesian method for the estimation of emergency nurses’ thresholds and agreement in the context of telephone triage by Michele Vicovaro, Giuseppe Mignemi, Massimo Nucci, Luigi Bolognani, Sara Iannattone, Giovanni Bruno, Giovanni Bruno, Andrea Spoto

Subjects: “…telephone triage…”
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Safety and accuracy of digitally supported primary and secondary urgent care telephone triage in England: an observational study using routine data by Vanashree Sexton, Catherine Grimley, Jeremy Dale, Helen Atherton, Gary Abel

“…Abstract Background England’s urgent care telephone triage system comprises non-clinician-led primary triage (NHS111) assessment followed, for approximately 50% patients, by clinician-led secondary triage. …”
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Are dizziness/lightheadedness helpful symptoms for telephone triage of females and males calling the out-of-hours service for acute chest discomfort?... by Frans H Rutten, Hester M den Ruijter, Sander van Doorn, Dorien L Zwart, Loes T C M Wouters, Anna S M Dobbe, Laurens van der Hem, D Carmen Erkelens

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Exploring expressed concerns and uncanny feeling in patients with shortness of breath calling out-of-hours primary care by Michelle Spek, Dorien L. Zwart, Esther de Groot, Michelle R. Timmerman, Maarten van Smeden, Daphne C. A. Erkelens, Anna S. M. Dobbe, Mathé Delissen, Frans H. Rutten, Roderick P. Venekamp

“…Methods This is an explorative cross-sectional study. We analysed telephone triage conversations from patients with SOB who contacted Dutch OHS-PC between September 2020 and August 2021. …”
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Expert decision-making in clinicians: An auto-analytic ethnographic study of operational decision-making in urgent care. by Nicola Irvine, Robert Van Der Meer, Itamar Megiddo

“…<h4>Background</h4>Expert clinicians in the UK frequently determine suitable urgent care patient pathways via telephone triage. This strategy is promoted by policymakers but how it is performed, and its effectiveness has not been evaluated. …”
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Predictors of missed hospital appointments in patients with posterior compartment pelvic floor disorders in a tertiary referral centre by Tanzeela Gala, Mehak Saini, Abigail Fernandes, Carlotta Sarzo, Noman Shahzad, Carlene Igbedioh, Alexis Schizas, Linda Ferrari, Alison Hainsworth

“…Methods:: This is a cross-sectional single-institution study from a tertiary pelvic floor unit (PFU) with data collected from a prospectively maintained database.A missed appointment was marked if patients did not​ attend two consecutive appointments without informing or asking to re-schedule and were recorded for Telephone Triage Assessment Clinic (TTAC), Specialist-nurse, face-to-face bowel function clinic (BFC), Investigations including endoanal (EAUS) and pelvic floor ultrasound (PFUS) and defaecating proctogram (DP). …”
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