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Study NCT ID:
NCT02980159
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2017-07-27
First Post:
2016-11-24
Is Gene Therapy:
True
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Impact of a Triage Liaison Physician
Sponsor:
University Hospital, Geneva
Organization:
Study Overview
Official Title:
Impact of a Triage Liaison Physician on the Time to First Medical Evaluation in the Emergency Departement
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2017-07
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Due to an increasing number of patients admitted in emergency departments, many patients cannot be evaluated immediately after their admission. The function of "triage liaison physician" was introduced in Spring 2015. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of this new function on patients' flow in the ED.
Detailed Description:
Geneva University Hospitals (GUH) emergency department (ED) admits more than 64000 patients every year. These patients are triaged using the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale (SETS), a 4-level triage scale. The SETS imposes time objectives until the first medical evaluation (20 minutes for SETS 2, 2 hours for SETS 3). In 2014, only 60% of level-2 and 63% of level-3 emergencies were evaluated within 20 and 120 minutes respectively.
A triage liaison physician was introduced in Spring 2015 with the mission to help triage nurse in their decisions and to evaluate quickly the patients that cannot be immediately installed in an ED evaluation room.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of the triage liaison physician on the times to first medical evaluation.
A triage liaison physician was introduced in Spring 2015 with the mission to help triage nurse in their decisions and to evaluate quickly the patients that cannot be immediately installed in an ED evaluation room.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of the triage liaison physician on the times to first medical evaluation.
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: