Triage

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	677623
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 29/03/2023
Definition:	The process by which a patient is briefly assessed to determine the urgency of their problem and priority for emergency care.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
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Related metadata references:	Supersedes Triage Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 25/05/2020 Has been superseded by Triage Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 29/03/2023
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Activity based funding: Emergency service care NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Activity based funding: Emergency service care NBEDS 2019-20 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Emergency service care NBEDS 2020-21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Emergency service care NBEDS 2021-22 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Emergency service stay—triage category Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Emergency service stay—triage category, code N Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Emergency service stay—triage category, code N Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Retired 19/11/2019 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 06/11/2023 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category, code N Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 06/11/2023 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/03/2023 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 07/11/2023 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time, hhmm Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/03/2023 Triage category code N Health, Superseded 20/10/2021

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