Characteristics of patients who leave emergency departments without being seen

…, H Lari, WR Craig, BR Holroyd - Academic …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: Patients leaving the emergency department (ED) without being seen (LWBS) by
a physician have become a growing concern in overcrowded EDs. The purpose of this study …

Impact of a triage liaison physician on emergency department overcrowding and throughput: a randomized controlled trial

BR Holroyd, MJ Bullard, K Latoszek… - Academic …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
BackgroundTriage liaison physicians (TLPs) have been employed in overcrowded emergency
departments (EDs); however, their effectiveness remains unclear. ObjectivesTo evaluate …

Implementation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule: prospective 12 centre cluster randomised trial

…, I MacPhail, S Ross, A Shah, JJ Perry, BR Holroyd… - Bmj, 2009 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of an active strategy to implement the validated
Canadian C-Spine Rule into multiple emergency departments. Design Matched pair cluster …

A prospective cluster-randomized trial to implement the Canadian CT Head Rule in emergency departments

…, BH Rowe, JS Lee, A Shah, J Brehaut, BR Holroyd… - Cmaj, 2010 - Can Med Assoc
Background: The Canadian CT Head Rule was developed to allow physicians to be more
selective when ordering computed tomography (CT) imaging for patients with minor head …

Predictive validity of a computerized emergency triage tool

…, E Akhmetshin, A Ohinmaa, BR Holroyd… - Academic …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background Emergency department (ED) triage prioritizes patients on the basis of the urgency
of need for care. eTRIAGE is a Web‐based triage decision support tool that is based on …

The role of triage nurse ordering on mitigating overcrowding in emergency departments: a systematic review

…, G Innes, MJ Schull, BR Holroyd - Academic …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18:1349–1357 © 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Objectives: The objective was to examine the …

Consultations in the emergency department: a systematic review of the literature

RS Lee, R Woods, M Bullard, BR Holroyd… - Emergency Medicine …, 2008 - emj.bmj.com
Brian R Holroyd1, … Brian H Rowe1 … Brian H Rowe, Department of Emergency Medicine,
University of Alberta, 1G1.43 WMC, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton AB, Canada, T6G 2B7; browe{at}…

Emergency triage: comparing a novel computer triage program with standard triage

…, I Colman, S Blitz, BR Holroyd… - Academic …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Emergency department (ED) triage prioritizes patients based on urgency of care;
however, little previous testing of triage tools in a live ED environment has been performed…

The role of a rapid assessment zone/pod on reducing overcrowding in emergency departments: a systematic review

MJ Bullard, C Villa-Roel, X Guo, BR Holroyd… - Emergency Medicine …, 2012 - emj.bmj.com
Brian R Holroyd1, … CV-R is supported by CIHR in partnership with the Knowledge translation
branch. BHR is supported by the 21 st Century Canada Research Chairs program through …

Reliability of computerized emergency triage

…, S Blitz, A Ohinmaa, BR Holroyd… - Academic …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: Emergency department (ED) triage prioritizes patients based on urgency of care.
This study compared agreement between two blinded, independent users of a Web‐based …