Developing outcome, process and balancing measures for an emergency department longitudinal patient monitoring system using a modified Delphi.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early warning score systems have been widely recommended for use to detect clinical deterioration in patients. The Irish National Emergency Medicine Programme has developed and piloted an emergency department specific early warning score system. The objective of this study was to develop a consensus among frontline healthcare staff, quality and safety staff and health systems researchers regarding evaluation measures for an early warning score system in the Emergency Department.

Methods

Participatory action research including a modified Delphi consensus building technique with frontline hospital staff, quality and safety staff, health systems researchers, local and national emergency medicine stakeholders was the method employed in this study. In Stage One, a work

SUBMITTER: Ward ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6332627 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature