triaged

Definition

To have assigned degrees of urgency to a list of tasks, cases, or problems in order to decide the order in which they should be addressed.

Etymology

Derived from the French word 'trier', meaning to sort or sift. It was originally a military term for sorting wounded soldiers according to the urgency of their need for medical treatment.

In the news

The article uses the term to describe how the Virginia Department of Health prioritized inspecting facilities that had accumulated the most complaints and violations, rather than addressing them all at once.

Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

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