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.