Decreasing Assessment to Disposition Time in an L&D Triage

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: Decreasing Assessment to Disposition Time in an L&D Triage

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Robin Colchagoff, MSN, RNC-OB, CCE , L&D, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Stevensville, MD
Jill Smitley , L&D, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD

Discipline: Childbearing (CB), Professional Issues (PI)

Learning Objectives:
  • Identify the challenges in the OB triage environment
  • Review the standard work created for OB Triage
  • Summarize the process for standardizing triage practice

    • Submission Description:
    Labor and Delivery (L&D) Obstetrical (OB) Triage is the first stop for patients presenting to most L&D units for labor assessment or other pregnancy-related issues or concerns. Accommodating high volumes of triage patients is challenging, and it can directly impact throughput and patient and staff satisfaction. This is the story of one hospital's solution to reduce the average time in triage by twenty percent.

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