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Veteran Experiences and Satisfaction With Veterans Affairs Call Centers’ Tele-Triage and Virtual Urgent Care Appointments: Qualitative Evaluation

Veteran Experiences and Satisfaction With Veterans Affairs Call Centers’ Tele-Triage and Virtual Urgent Care Appointments: Qualitative Evaluation

Virtual care models that integrate registered nurse (RN) triage with rapid access to same-day virtual visits with clinicians are a relatively new and growing innovation in health care delivery. Traditionally, telephone advice lines have focused on RN-led triage and care navigation.

Caroline Gray, Allison Engstrom Buggaveeti, Tracy Urech, Anita Vashi

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e80656


Peer Review of “Interactive Evaluation of an Adaptive-Questioning Symptom Checker Using Standardized Clinical Vignettes (Preprint)”

Peer Review of “Interactive Evaluation of an Adaptive-Questioning Symptom Checker Using Standardized Clinical Vignettes (Preprint)”

This study [1] aimed to evaluate the triage performance and history-taking quality of an adaptive-questioning symptom checker called Care Route. Care Route is designed to help improve health outcomes and reduce health care costs.

Rameshwari Prasad, Prasakthi Venkatesan, Shawn Asadian, Randa Salah Gomaa Mahmoud, Uday Kumar Chalwadi, Chidi Asuzu, Benjamin Senst, J Moonga, Toba Isaac Olatoye

JMIRx Med 2025;6:e85624


Factors Influencing the Use of Online Symptom Checkers in the United Kingdom: Cross-Sectional Study

Factors Influencing the Use of Online Symptom Checkers in the United Kingdom: Cross-Sectional Study

By providing preliminary diagnostic guidance and triage recommendations, these tools could potentially alleviate some of the burdens on health care systems with the potential to reduce unnecessary health care visits by providing timely medical advice and empowering individuals to make informed decisions about their health [10-12]. Despite this, the diagnostic and triage accuracy varies greatly among OSCs, thus raising concerns and calling for caution [13].

Austen El-Osta, Eva Riboli-Sasco, Mahmoud Al Ammouri, Sami Altalib, Ana Luisa Neves, Azeem Majeed, Benedict Hayhoe

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e65314


Acceptability and Utility of a Web-Based Patient-Completed Clinical Decision Aid for the Differential Diagnosis of Transient Loss of Consciousness: Qualitative Interview Study

Acceptability and Utility of a Web-Based Patient-Completed Clinical Decision Aid for the Differential Diagnosis of Transient Loss of Consciousness: Qualitative Interview Study

In particular, several studies have explored the role of patient-completed symptom checkers in supporting triage at the ED front door [8,9,39]. While self-triage CDAs for unselected presentations have been found to perform inadequately [39], quantitative assessments of acceptability and utility in this setting have generally shown patients are willing and able to interact with such tools [8,9].

Alistair Wardrope, Lindsay Blank, Melloney Ferrar, Steve Goodacre, Daniel Habershon, Markus Reuber

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e67608


Assessing the Accuracy of ChatGPT in Appropriately Triaging Common Postoperative Concerns Regarding Mohs Micrographic Surgery

Assessing the Accuracy of ChatGPT in Appropriately Triaging Common Postoperative Concerns Regarding Mohs Micrographic Surgery

AI engines have been proposed for use in Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) to assist with perioperative planning, patient education, triage, and documentation [2]. These applications exemplify the benefits that AI offers by providing individualized responses and reducing administrative burdens. As of April 2024, a pilot program in Louisiana incorporated Chat GPT-4.0 into electronic health record (EHR) messaging to generate preliminary responses that clinicians subsequently reviewed for validity [3].

Chloe Fernandez, Victoria Dukharan, Nathaniel A Marroquin, Rebecca Bolen, Adam Leavitt, Nicole C Cabbad

JMIR Dermatol 2025;8:e72706


Safety and Efficacy of Digital Check-in and Triage Kiosks in Emergency Departments: Systematic Review

Safety and Efficacy of Digital Check-in and Triage Kiosks in Emergency Departments: Systematic Review

However, misclassification remains a significant concern, prompting questions about whether the time-saving benefits of digital triage extend to improvements in patient outcomes and safety. Studies have reported instances of under-triage and over-triage with digital triage systems [21]. Under-triage is perhaps the more safety-critical concern, potentially delaying care for individuals with urgent clinical problems.

Elena Lammila-Escalera, Geva Greenfield, Reham Aldakhil, Hei Ming Mak, Himani Sehgal, Ana Luisa Neves, Mark J Harmon, Azeem Majeed, Benedict Hayhoe

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e69528


Pragmatic Risk Stratification Method to Identify Emergency Department Presentations for Alternative Care Service Pathways: Registry-Based Retrospective Study Over 5 Years

Pragmatic Risk Stratification Method to Identify Emergency Department Presentations for Alternative Care Service Pathways: Registry-Based Retrospective Study Over 5 Years

A potential solution is to use diagnosis codes, which provide a clear and comprehensive reflection of a patient’s care needs compared to triage information. Using diagnosis codes provides a framework to understand population-level needs that may inform emergency care service delivery.

John Rong Hao Tay, Yohei Okada, Gayathri Devi Nadarajan, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Tomás Barry, Marcus Eng Hock Ong

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e73758


Improving Safety, Efficiency, Cost, and Satisfaction Across a Musculoskeletal Pathway Using the Digital Assessment Routing Tool for Triage: Quality Improvement Study

Improving Safety, Efficiency, Cost, and Satisfaction Across a Musculoskeletal Pathway Using the Digital Assessment Routing Tool for Triage: Quality Improvement Study

Remote physiotherapist-led MSK triage is widely used to stratify patients to the correct level of care, and has proven effective in reducing waiting times, unwarranted variation in clinical pathways, clinician caseload, and cost [6-8]. However, the principal rate-limiting factor in delivering triage is the availability of staff [9].

Cabella Lowe, Laura Atherton, Peter Lloyd, Anna Waters, Dylan Morrissey

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e67269


Impact of a Symptom Checker App on Patient-Physician Interaction Among Self-Referred Walk-In Patients in the Emergency Department: Multicenter, Parallel-Group, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Impact of a Symptom Checker App on Patient-Physician Interaction Among Self-Referred Walk-In Patients in the Emergency Department: Multicenter, Parallel-Group, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Key inclusion criteria were self-referred walk-in patients aged 18 years or older with sufficient German or English language proficiency, the ability to provide informed consent, and a treatment urgency rating of yellow, green, or blue according to the Manchester Triage System (ie, MTS 3-5, respectively) as assigned by the triage nurse.

Malte L Schmieding, Marvin Kopka, Myrto Bolanaki, Hendrik Napierala, Maria B Altendorf, Doreen Kuschick, Sophie K Piper, Lennart Scatturin, Konrad Schmidt, Claudia Schorr, Alica Thissen, Cornelia Wäscher, Christoph Heintze, Martin Möckel, Felix Balzer, Anna Slagman

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e64028