The document discusses the development of a nursing software for emergency triage (NSET) to improve patient assessment in the emergency room (ER) at Belgrano Hospital, Argentina. It highlights the importance of prioritizing treatment based on the severity of patients' conditions rather than a first-come, first-served basis, utilizing the Manchester Triage System in its design. The study included 1772 patients, concluding that NSET is more effective than traditional non-software triage systems.

1. Departamento de
Informática en Salud
Nursing Software for Emergency Triage
Mandirola Brieux H. F.abcd, Guillen S. b, La Rosa F. c, Moreno C. c, Benitez S. d
a Belgrano Hospital in San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina b BIOCOM, Buenos Aires, Argentina c HL7 Argentina,
Buenos Aires, Argentina d Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Treatment priority in the ER may be subject to variation due to the different levels of patients’ illnesses.
We must give more importance to determine the risk of each patient in the moment they enter in the
ER, that is why the triage is critical. The NSET improves and helps to assess more accurately the
condition of a patient.
humberto.mandirola@hospitalitaliano.org.ar
Conclusion
Introduction
Materials and Methods
During the data collection period we included
patients who were treated in the ER. 28 patients in
total were excluded from the sample because some
of their data were missing. The final sample
involved 1772 patients.
Results
In the Emergency Room (ER) staff do not
attend patients on a first come, first served
basis, but according to the severity of a
patient’s condition. The Manchester Triage
System (MTS) was used to build a Nursing
Software for Emergency Triage (NSET) to be
used by triage nurses. Our hypothesis is that
the NSET is better than a triage system
without software (TWS) to categorize patients
at the ER.