The effectiveness of developing patient triage Guidelines Using the RPP easy triage application in the emergency department at Ratchaphiphat Hospital
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This study was a retrospective descriptive study designed to compare the effectiveness of conventional patient triage guidelines with patient triage guidelines utilizing the RPP easy triage application. The sample consisted of 160 patients who received services at the emergency department of Ratchaphiphat Hospital, Bangkok. The research instruments included: 1) the patient triage guidelines using the RPP easy triage application and 2) a patient data recording form data were collected from the medical records of two groups of 80 patients each: one group triaged using the conventional guidelines and the other using the RPP easy triage application. The data were analyzed using the chi-square test.
The results revealed that triage using the conventional guidelines had an accuracy rate of 78.8% and a timely treatment rate of 88.75%. In contrast, triage using the RPP
easy triage application demonstrated an accuracy rate of 95% and a timely treatment rate of 98.75%. When compared with the conventional guidelines, the triage accuracy and the timeliness of treatment, a statistically significant difference was found between the two methods (p=0.002 and p=0.009, respectively). Based on these findings, it is recommended that the patient triage guidelines using the RPP easy triage application should be implemented to ensure triage accuracy aligns with professional standards and to enhance patient safety.
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เนื้อหาและข้อมูลในบทความที่ลงตีพิมพ์ในวชิรสารการพยาบาลถือเป็นข้อคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนบทความโดยตรง ซึ่งกองบรรณาธิการไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วย หรือร่วมรับผิดชอบใด ๆ ทั้งสิ้น
บทความ ข้อมูล เนื้อหา รูปภาพ ฯลฯ ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวชิรสารการพยาบาล ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวชิรสารการพยาบาล หากบุคคลใดหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำทั้งหมดหรือส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดไปเผยแพร่ต่อหรือเพื่อกระทำการใด ๆ จะต้องได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักอักษรจากวชิรสารการพยาบาลก่อนเท่านั้น
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