%0 Journal Article
%T The Effects of a Targeted History Question on Patient-Triage Nurse Communication.
%A Huffman KC
%J Nurs Clin North Am
%V 54
%N 1
%D 03 2019
%M 30712544
%F 1.617
%R 10.1016/j.cnur.2018.10.002
%X Fast tracks are widely used in emergency departments to increase patient throughput as annual visits continue to rise in the United States. A modified triage process known as QuickLook, which omits patients' past medical history, is used in some hospitals to further increase throughput. This article discusses the effects of QuickLook on patient placement, reviews the role of past medical history in triage, and discusses the impact of integrating a targeted history question into the QuickLook process of an emergency department in Arizona.