Adult Telephone Protocols: Office Version

Author: David A. Thompson
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
Published: 12/15/2021
Pages: 575
Binding Type: Spiral
Weight: 4.05lbs
Size: 11.00h x 10.10w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781610025614

About the Author
David Thompson, MD, FACEP, has over 20 years of experience working in telehealth and clinical informatics. He has developed a comprehensive set of telephone triage protocols for adult and women's health that are used in medical call centers and doctors' offices in the United States, Canada, and internationally. These telephone triage protocols are available in electronic health records and triage software. He has authored or led clinical content development used in artificial-intelligence, symptom-checker, health-bot, consumer-engagement, and telemedicine applications.

Dr. Thompson received a Bachelor of Science in engineering from the University of Illinois, where he subsequently earned his medical degree. He is board-certified in both internal medicine and emergency medicine, having completed a dual residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at Northwestern University. He is a Fellow in the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Thompson is currently a part-time faculty attending in the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Emergency Department. Prior to working at Northwestern Memorial, Dr. Thompson worked in the MacNeal Hospital Emergency Department, where he served as medical director and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, and also provided medical direction over the medical call center.

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