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Chief Complaint is not helpful to determine acuity

  April 23, 2016  |    drk

It is impossible to determine from a discharge diagnosis or a chief complaint who has an emergency medical condition and who can be seen later in another setting.  We can all recount stories of someone triaged as at a low level and was determined by the physician to have require emergency surgery or have a… Read More


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