undertriage
Inadequate patient prioritization
Undertriage is the failure to classify a patient's condition as serious enough—assigning them a lower priority than their actual medical state requires.
In emergency medicine, triage sorts patients by urgency; undertriage means someone who needs immediate care gets sent to the back of the line.
The opposite of overtriage.
Undertriage of gunshot wounds contributed to preventable deaths.
consequences
State of eventual death
- morbidityDisease occurrence rate
- undertreatmentInadequate medical intervention
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
emergency
Sharpness of mind or sight
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
assessment
Erroneous categorical assignment
- underestimationJudging below actual value
- underassessmentValuing below actual worth
- underscoringStressing for importance
- miscategorizationIncorrect sorting or grouping
systemic
Finite problem-solving procedure
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- workloadAssigned task volume
- staffingProviding personnel for positions
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
mortality
State of eventual death
- morbidityDisease occurrence rate
- undertreatmentInadequate medical intervention
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
acuity
Sharpness of mind or sight
misclassification
Erroneous categorical assignment
- underestimationJudging below actual value
- underassessmentValuing below actual worth
- underscoringStressing for importance
algorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
severity assessment direction
undertriageoverclassification
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