Evaluation of the implementation process of a new emergency triage system: West coast system for triage (WEST)
Samah Habbouche, Eric Carlström, Per-Arne Svensson, Carl Magnusson, Lina Dahlen Holmqvist, Suzanne Rose, Suzanne Rose, Suzanne Rose · 2026
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Samah Habbouche and colleagues wrote a 2026 study of how a new emergency triage system, called WEST, was introduced in western Sweden. Triage is the sorting of emergency patients by how urgently they need care. WEST replaced an older system, RETTS, at the first two emergency departments to adopt it. The team interviewed thirty-six triage nurses, seventeen at the first site and nineteen at the second, about the changeover.
Nurses at the first site were enthusiastic and saw WEST as a clear improvement. Views at the second site were more mixed, with complaints aimed at the rollout process and other changes happening at the same time. Across both sites, thirty of thirty-six nurses judged WEST more accurate than RETTS at spotting critically ill patients. Success, the authors say, depends on local context and readiness.
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| CREATOR | Samah Habbouche, Eric Carlström, Per-Arne Svensson, Carl Magnusson, Lina Dahlen Holmqvist, Suzanne Rose, Suzanne Rose, Suzanne Rose |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 105508 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |