Medical assessment in the age of digitalisation
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DOI: 10.1186/s12909-020-02014-7
Abstract: Background Digital assessment is becoming more and more popular within medical education. To analyse the dimensions of this digital trend, we investigated how exam questions (items) are created and designed for use in digital medical… read more here.
Keywords: computer tablet; picture; tablet based; picture video ... See more keywords
Exploration of clinicians’ decision-making regarding transfer of patient care from the emergency department to a medical assessment unit: A qualitative study
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263235
Abstract: Background Hospitals face immense pressures in balancing patient throughput. Medical assessment units have emerged as a commonplace response to improve the flow of medical patients presenting to the emergency department requiring hospital admission and to… read more here.
Keywords: emergency; transfer; emergency department; care ... See more keywords
Management of low-risk chest pain in ambulatory medical assessment area and the role of the heart scoring system in identifying risk.
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DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.20-2-s89
Abstract: Low-risk cardiac chest pain at Birmingham City Hospital (BCH) is managed through its ambulatory medical assessment area (AMAA). The pathway receives referrals from two streams, the emergency department (ED) and general practice. It follows a… read more here.
Keywords: risk; assessment area; chest pain; medical assessment ... See more keywords