Trip K, Boloorchi A, Berman H
Princess Margaret Hospital, REACH Clinic, University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing.
Can Oncol Nurs J. 2011 Winter;21(1):52-7.
The Canadian Triage Acuity Score (CTAS) is a validated triage method used in Canadian emergency departments (ED) that groups patients according to severity of presenting illness (CIHI, 2005). According to Tanabe, Gimbel, Yarnold and Adams (2004), five-level triage systems can be utilized in order to benchmark with similar programs. CTAS, a five-level triage system, can also be used as an instrument to determine triage quality and to predict admission rates, hospital length of stay and diagnostic utilization (Jiminez et al., 2003). In June 2009, Princess Margaret Hospital launched REACH (Reducing Emergent and Acute Care Hospitalization), an oncology-specific urgent care clinic. In order to appropriately utilize resources, assist patients in a timely manner according to acuity, and compare and contrast data to that which is traditionally reported from our area EDs, we implemented the use of a validated triage methodology, CTAS, in this urgent care clinic. The following paper describes the University Health Network experience with utilizing CTAS in an oncology population.
加拿大分诊 acuity 评分（CTAS）是一种在加拿大急诊科（ED）中经过验证的分诊方法，它根据患者当前疾病的严重程度对患者进行分组（加拿大卫生信息研究所，2005 年）。根据田边、金贝尔、亚诺尔德和亚当斯（2004 年）的说法，可以采用五级分诊系统以便与类似项目进行基准比较。CTAS 作为一种五级分诊系统，还可作为一种工具来确定分诊质量，并预测住院率、住院时间和诊断利用率（希门尼斯等人，2003 年）。2009 年 6 月，玛格丽特公主医院推出了 REACH（减少急诊和急性护理住院），这是一家针对肿瘤学的紧急护理诊所。为了合理利用资源，根据病情严重程度及时协助患者，并将数据与我们地区急诊科传统报告的数据进行比较和对照，我们在这家紧急护理诊所采用了经过验证的分诊方法 CTAS。以下论文描述了大学健康网络在肿瘤患者群体中使用 CTAS 的经验。
