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ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2020

Utilization of an Electronic Triage System by Emergency Department Nurses.

Arwa Alumran, Ohoud Alkhaldi, Zainab Aldroorah, Zainab Alsayegh, Fatimah Alsafwani, Nisreen Almaghraby

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Article in Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Arwa AlumranHealth Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6454-3678
Ohoud AlkhaldiHealth Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Zainab AldroorahHealth Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Zainab AlsayeghHealth Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Fatimah AlsafwaniHealth Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Nisreen AlmaghrabyEmergency Department, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1967-1109

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6 · The paper itself

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introductionEmergency departments use triage systems to prioritize patients according to the severity of their condition. The Electronic Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (E-CTAS) is a popular system that categorizes patients into five levels to manage patient flow and prioritize patient access to health-care services.

methodsWe assessed the factors that influence E-CTAS usage in emergency departments in Eastern Saudi Arabia. Seventy-one nurses were included from two emergency departments that adopted E-CTAS. We used the technology acceptance model (TAM) to assess the influencing factors. The TAM was reliable in the study setting (Cronbach's α = 0.87).

resultsAll of the TAM domains were significantly related to the usage of E-CTAS: perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, importance of training, social influence, behavior intention, and attitude. We also showed that E-CTAS use significantly increased with years of experience and training. DISCUSSION: Many factors influenced the use of this electronic triage system. Focusing on these factors in future electronic triage system implementations might increase the hospital staff's compliance, thus improving accuracy and better organizing the patient flow in emergency departments.

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CTASelectronic triageemergency departmentnurseTAMtechnology acceptance modelthe Canadian Triage and Acuity ScaleTransformation Program 2020triage

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PMCPMC7128074

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