Fabienne Cotte, Tobias Mueller, Stephen Gilbert, Bibiana Blümke, Jan Multmeier, Martin Christian Hirsch, Paul Wicks, Joseph Wolanski, Darja Tutschkow, Carmen Schade Brittinger, Lars Timmermann, Andreas Jerrentrup
BACKGROUND: Increasing use of emergency departments (EDs) by patients with low urgency, combined with limited availability of medical staff, results in extended waiting times and delayed care. Technological approaches could possibly increase efficiency by providing urgency advice and symptom assessments. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of urgency advice provided by a symptom assessment app, Ada, in an ED. METHODS: The study was conducted at the interdisciplinary ED of Marburg University Hospital, with data collection performed between August 2019 and March 2020...
March 28, 2022: JMIR MHealth and UHealth