Exploring Primary Care Streaming Pathway in Emergency Departments in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Study

Table 2

Allocation and redirection methods.

Triage	“A clinical activity to sort patients by acuity so that those with the greater need are seen first”
Streaming	“An operational activity to assess whether low acuity patients are suitable to be seen by an appropriate non-ED clinician”
Simple assessment	“A brief “hands-off” assessment (i.e., no formal clinical assessment) that enables patients to be flowed to a suitable treating clinician”
Redirection	“Patients are sent to a care provider at another geographical site”