Shoutout to the ER in my city for showing me how triage software can get it wrong

I saw a person with a clearly broken wrist wait over an hour while the system kept bumping them for 'lower risk' cases flagged by the algorithm, which made me think about who writes the rules for these things and if they've ever worked a real emergency scene.

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ward.kim3mo ago

Ugh, saw the same thing happen with a bad cut last month.

blairc903mo agoMost Upvoted

Yeah ward.kim, our system once held a guy with a broken arm for hours over a paper cut.

phoenix_lewis3mo ago

Our ER's triage software once bumped a stroke patient for three hours.

harper9141mo ago

Guess the algorithm thought "stroke" was a golf term.