n. A service that offers medical advice over the telephone.
1999
Patients can phone in for "telephone triage" 24 hours a day, seven days a week, helping to ease the pressure on local emergency wards.
1999
The college further commended Health Minister Wyatt Creech on his proposal to introduce of a computer-backed telephone triage system. …
Research undertaken when the service had been staffed by registered nurses with prior clinical experience and training showed it was safe and effective.
Research undertaken when the service had been staffed by registered nurses with prior clinical experience and training showed it was safe and effective.
1987 (earliest)
But while a number of physicians have urged the department to consider such criteria, some in the medical community also caution against the potential hazards of "telephone triage," the risk that the caller turned away as not serious enough for a dispatch may be the next coroner's statistic.