For the last few years, telehealth technology has targeted rural populations, including individuals who often skip regular checkups or lack the money or transportation needed to get prescription ...

Demand for general practice appointments is rising rapidly, and in an attempt to deal with this, many practices have introduced systems of telephone triage. Patients are phoned by a doctor or nurse ...

Telephone triage has emerged as a pivotal component in modern primary care services, streamlining patient management and improving the allocation of healthcare resources. By enabling trained ...

Telephone triage system has been introduced in many practices in an effort to deal with the rising demands for general practice appointments. Patients are phoned by a doctor or nurse who either ...

Telephone triage — taking calls from individuals seeking diagnosis — is a staple of medical practice. It is an undertaking which is full of risk. A study of the accuracy of diagnosis during telephone ...

Objectives: To examine the perceptions that those working in primary care have about the purpose and impact that telephone triage by nurses may have on their clinical roles and identities. Methods: ...

Exeter University Medical School has published research on telephone triage showing it does not reduce GP workload or cut costs. Demand for general practice appointments is rising rapidly, and in an ...

Telephone triage can cut 60% of the cost of your GP consultations, but it is easy to get wrong, says expert Sally-Anne Pygall With rising patient expectations, practices are commonly using telephone ...

With ever-increasing workload GPs must use any tool available. My experience of a variety of methods of telephone triage, both in and out of hours, has convinced me that it really can work. The ...

Demand for general practice appointments is rising rapidly, and in an attempt to deal with this, many practices have introduced systems of telephone triage. Patients are phoned by a doctor or nurse ...