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e-triage

e-triage noun: the use of computer systems to triage patients.

Noun

e-triage (uncountable)

  1. The use of computer systems to triage patients.
    • In Britain, bots are being trialed to bridge waiting times for people seeking therapy but unable to get appointments and as an e-triage tool.2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2022

Verb

e-triage (third-person singular simple present e-triages, present participle e-triaging, simple past and past participle e-triaged)

  1. To triage patients by means of computer systems.

Forms of e-triage

third-person singular presente-triages
present participlee-triaging
past participlee-triaged
paste-triaged

Origin of e-triage

From e- + triage.

Questions about e-triage

What does e-triage mean?
E-triage means the use of computer systems to triage patients.
What part of speech is e-triage?
E-triage can be a noun or a verb.

Words near e-triage in the dictionary

  1. e-transferring
  2. e-transfers
  3. e-travel
  4. e-tray
  5. e-trays
  6. e-triage
  7. e-triaged
  8. e-triages
  9. e-triaging
  10. e-trike
  11. e-triker

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