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Video-supported telephone triage in emergency primary healthcare: an observational study from Norway.
| Τίτλος: | Video-supported telephone triage in emergency primary healthcare: an observational study from Norway. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Sandal N; National Centre for Emergency Primary Healthcare, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Bergen, Norway nsan@norceresearch.no.; Department of Research and Development, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Oslo, Norway.; Department of Global Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway., Johansen IH; National Centre for Emergency Primary Healthcare, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Bergen, Norway., Hjortdahl M; Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.; UiT The Arctic University of Norway Norwegian Centre for Rural Medicine, Tromsø, Troms, Norway., Baste V; National Centre for Emergency Primary Healthcare, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Bergen, Norway., Ness S; Department of Research and Development, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Oslo, Norway., Zakariassen E; National Centre for Emergency Primary Healthcare, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Bergen, Norway.; Department of Global Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway. |
| Πηγή: | BMJ open [BMJ Open] 2026 May 15; Vol. 16 (5), pp. e115378. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 May 15. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article; Observational Study |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101552874 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2044-6055 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20446055 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMJ Open Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: [London] : BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2011- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Triage*/methods , Primary Health Care* , Telephone* , Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems*, Humans ; Norway ; Female ; Male ; Adult ; Infant ; Child, Preschool ; Child ; Adolescent |
| Περίληψη: | Objectives: To describe how video support is used in telephone triage at Norwegian Local Emergency Medical Communication Centres (LEMCs), including frequency, call duration, patterns of video use and associations with urgency and response assessments. Design: An observational study using national-level operational data and prospectively collected triage data from the Watchtower Project. Setting: Norwegian LEMCs, which provide 24/7 nurse-managed telephone triage within the municipal emergency primary healthcare system, handling a broad range of medical inquiries. Participants: 79 LEMCs using the Norwegian Air Ambulance video solution in 2024 and six LEMCs participating in the Watchtower Project in 2022-2023. Main Outcome Measures: Frequency of video use and call duration with and without video support. Video use across caller and patient characteristics and reasons for contact. Changes in urgency level and intended response following video use. Results: The national-level dataset included 2 242 522 calls and the Watchtower dataset included 109 281 calls. Nationally, video was used in 4.9% of answered calls. Median call duration was 7:13 min (IQR: 5:09-10:02) with video and 3:58 min (IQR: 2:18-6:16) without video (p<0.001). Video was most frequently used in the evening, for children (47% aged 0-15 years), and in calls initiated by next of kin (58%). Skin-related issues accounted for 65% of all video-supported calls. Following video use, urgency changed in 36% of contacts (22% downgraded, 14% upgraded), and the intended response changed in 31%. Changes occurred in both directions, including shifts between nurse-managed and physician-managed responses. Conclusion: Video-supported calls were longer than non-video calls. Video is used selectively and is associated with bidirectional adjustments in urgency and response assessments in a substantial share of calls. (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2026. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ Group.) |
| Competing Interests: | Competing interests: NS holds a PhD fellowship funded as a part of a collaboration with the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation (NAAF), a non-profit charity organisation that developed and owns the video solution used in the LEMCs observed in this study. SN is employed by NAAF. EZ holds a professorship at the University of Bergen funded by NAAF. Beyond this funding, EZ has no obligations to the foundation and serves in an independent role at the University of Bergen. IHJ, MH and VB declare no competing interests. |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY MEDICINE; Nursing research; Primary Health Care; Telemedicine; Triage |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260519 Date Completed: 20260716 Latest Revision: 20260819 |
| Update Code: | 20260819 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13182412 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115378 |
| PMID: | 42152444 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
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