Implementation of a 3-Tier Priority System for Emergency Department Patients’ Follow-up in Orthopaedic Surgery
A three-tier ED-to-orthopedics referral triage system was quickly adopted and differentiated referrals by urgency but did not impact time to follow-up or loss to follow-up. Structural inequities in access to follow-up care remain.
Authors
- Jonathan Glazer Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7884-3604)
- Samantha M.R. Kling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9169-763X)
- Cati Brown‐Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5415-3665)
- Sonia Rose Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4599-5684)
- Michael J. Gardner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5375-5157)
- Christian Rose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4169-4355)
- Nadia Safaeinili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4792-3091)
- Shashank Ravi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6688-1849)
- Sheneé K Laurence
- Darlene Veruttipong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8636-5267)
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Palo Alto University (US)
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- Stanford Health Care (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-07-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.35484
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00