Triage

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	334003
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 25/05/2020
Definition:	The process by which a patient is briefly assessed upon arrival in the emergency department to determine the urgency of their problem and priority for care.
Context:	Emergency department care

Collection and usage attributes
Comments:	In November 2016, the reference documents section was updated to ensure that this glossary item continued to reference the correct source documents. The National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee endorsed the update.
Source and reference attributes
Reference documents:	Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 2013a. Policy on the Australasian Triage Scale (P06). Melbourne: Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Viewed 7 October 2016, https://www.acem.org.au/getattachment/693998d7-94be-4ca7-a0e7-3d74cc9b733f/Policy-on-the-Australasian-Triage-Scale.aspx Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 2013b. Guidelines on the implementation of the Australasian Triage Scale in Emergency Department (G24). Melbourne: Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Viewed 7 October 2016, https://www.acem.org.au/getattachment/4320524e-ad60-4e7c-a96d-bdf90cd7966c/G24-Implementation-of-the-Australasian-Triage-Scal.aspx
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Triage ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 25/05/2020
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Activity based funding: Emergency service care DSS 2014-15 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 14/01/2015 Activity based funding: Emergency service care DSS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Activity based funding: Emergency service care NBEDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Activity based funding: Emergency service care NBEDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Emergency department ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 Tasmanian Health, Standard 08/12/2016 Emergency service stay—triage category, code N Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department care DSS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 04/02/2015 Non-admitted patient emergency department care DSS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 02/12/2015 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 11/04/2014 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category, code N Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category, code N Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 30/01/2012 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 22/12/2011 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 25/05/2020 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time, hhmm Health, Superseded 30/01/2012 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time, hhmm Health, Superseded 22/12/2011 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time, hhmm Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 25/05/2020 Triage category (Tasmanian) code N Tasmanian Health, Standard 08/12/2016 Triage category code N Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016