The SIURGE software package is used to manage emergency services. It provides real-time support for nursing, clinical administrative and clinical activities ensuring immediate access to patient follow-ups. It provides quick, accurate and valid information on current and past care encounters for emergency services. SIURGE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING MODULES: Emergency Management Eval-U (TComputerized Triage) Emergency Management The SIURGE software package is an essential tool for care providers working in emergency rooms. It allows real-time management of nursing activities (triage, Kardex), medical activities (case management, prescriptions, consultations, etc.) and clinical administrative activities (registration, temporary records, etc.). Main features Supports clinical activities through quick real-time access to information. Touch-screen technology simplifies data entry. Allows point-of-care entry of patient data concerning triage, registration, case management and follow-up. Offers the possibility of replacing the paper kardex by the summary sheet. Ensures data security and quick access through a magnetic strip card. Information display can be configured based on facility and user needs. Provides real-time emergency room status: stretcher occupancy rate, priority level, outpatient volume, waiting time for diagnostic and therapeutic tests, admission and discharge requests. Immediately identifies patients who are waiting and reasons. Supports quick interventions on potential causes of emergency room overcrowding. Compiles clinical data (medical procedures, clinical interventions, consultations, diagnostic tests) quickly and simply. Provides chronological review of a single care encounter. Provides analysis of delays associated with each step of the patient flow. Calculates performance growth and efficiency of emergency room. Allows optimum management of resources (consultants, labs) by viewing waiting lists. Helps assign the appropriate health facility for interfacility transfers. Identifies and provides information on the entity paying for the provided services. Assists in planning resources and services, programming and evaluating services. Allows you to view, print or save daily, weekly, periodic, annual reports. Prints patient cards, new record labels, record requisitions, admission forms. Eval-U (Computerized triage) The triage module of SIURGE supports the activities associated with the initial assessment in the emergency department. It offers the possibilities of performing a quick assessment, summary assessment (quick look or pretriage), full assessment or reassessment. Main features This software supports the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS). Respects CTAS requirements. Assists in using CTAS. Standardizes language. Objectively assigns triage levels. Updates background information, drug list and allergies in SIURGE and following a new triage. Provides triage history. Touch-screen technology simplifies data entry. Immediately identifies patients who are awaiting triage or reassessment (scoreboards) and displays warnings for improved patient tracking. Can be configured based on the facility's needs. Produces an assessment sheet for on-screen viewing or printing. Improves quality of assessment sheet for the patient record. Allows generation of statistical reports (fractile response, admission rate based on triage level, customer profile). Provides electronic or digital signature (or both). Assists data entry (interfaces with vital sign electronic devices, selection lists, mandatory fields, message prompts, validity rules). Allows recording of patient comments through free text fields or codes (or both). Calculates triage duration. Supports characteristic of specialized care facilities (psychiatry, pediatrics, traumatology). Integrating with SIURGE, Eval-U was designed for the nurses and computer analysts of the Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal.