Clinical Tools for Emergency Medicine
Emergency medicine demands fast, reliable decision support. These are the clinical tools ED clinicians use most.
The ED workflow
Emergency medicine is fast-paced and high-acuity. Clinicians see undifferentiated patients, make rapid decisions, and manage multiple patients simultaneously. The tools they need must be fast, reliable, and accessible without leaving the workflow.
The most common ED workflows are: risk stratification (who is sick, who is not), differential diagnosis (what could this be), documentation (quick but complete), and patient education (discharge instructions).
Risk stratification tools
ED clinicians use several risk scores to stratify patients:
• CURB-65 for pneumonia severity • HEART score for chest pain risk • PERC and Wells criteria for pulmonary embolism • NEWS2 for early warning scores
These calculators help the clinician decide who needs admission, who can be discharged, and who needs further workup. Medgram Clinical Model Lab includes several of these calculators, accessible from the web app and the EHR extension.
Differential diagnosis and documentation
In the ED, the differential is broad. A differential diagnosis generator can help the clinician consider possibilities they might not have thought of. Medgram Differential Dx takes the presenting symptoms and generates a differential with supporting reasoning.
For documentation, Medgram Clinical Scribe can produce a structured note from the encounter — useful for the fast-paced ED environment where documentation time is limited.
Discharge instructions
Patient education is critical at ED discharge — patients are often anxious and may not remember verbal instructions. Medgram Patient Education generates written handouts with warning signs, follow-up instructions, and precautions, in multiple languages.