Cardiac Triage Form 

The Cardiac Triage Form eliminates the guess work when it comes to evaluating cardiac patients. It converts a subjective referral process into an efficient, single entry referral process that places patients in a clinically determined priority for urgent cardiac care.

The Cardiac Triage Form allows healthcare professionals to categorize patients by primary condition (unstable angina, valvular disease, heart failure, etc) and manage the appropriate information for that condition. It also includes other clinical information such as the patient’s cardiac history, blood work, cardiac medications, treadmill and other miscellaneous test results. Patients are then ranked and placed on a priority list in order of their relative sickness index. 

Take the guess work out of Cardiac Triage!

Primary Condition: Entering a new patient is a simple straight forward wizard driven process.  This insures that each and every cardiac triage examination is done the exact same way.  The patients primary condition is selected to begin.

Condition Specific Data: Each primary condition has its own set of questions and each answer is assigned a weighted value to assist in the proper ranking of each patient.

Multimedia Capture: The ability to scan ECG Strips or over clinical significant reports is built right into the Cardiac Triage protocol.

Edit Records: Once the wizard driven entry process is complete each and every piece of data can be edited. This allows the system to keep up with all of the changes in the patients condition while they are awaiting transfer. Each edit is tracked as a transaction. This allows a care giver to follow trends to see if the patients condition is declining or improving.

Rank Patients: Each patient is given a transfer priority number. The primary condition weighted score assists in this process. Each different transfer area of the facility is given their own queue.

Cardiac Triage In Action: The Cardiac Triage Form has been in use now for over three years and has processed over 4,000 patients. Not only has it made a difference making sure that the acute patients are transferred first but a significant cost savings has also been realized.

Developed in conjunction with  Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation  Region 2 Hospital New Brunswick Heart Centre New Brunswick Canada

The Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation (AHSC) is the largest multi-facility, accredited hospital corporation in New Brunswick, Canada. Located in the southwest of the province, AHSC is comprised of 12 hospitals and health centers serving a regional population of 200,000 and, for specialist services, a provincial population of 740,000.

AHSC provides primary through tertiary care, continuing through the Extra Mural program, community health services, and specialized care in Cardiology (New Brunswick Heart Centre), Trauma (Atlantic Canada's only nationally accredited tertiary trauma center), and Oncology.