Remote Presence Timely Discharge Management

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

WITHDRAWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-08-31

Study Completion Date

2008-08-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to integrate Remote Presence technology in order to increase the number of timely patient discharges before 11 am from the medical center.

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Detailed Description

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Reduction in beds coupled with the increased need for health care services has led to a supply and demand struggle or capacity management challenge for health care facilities. This is now recognized as a major public health issue. The impact is readily seen as overcrowding in emergency departments. At present 76% of hospitals' emergency departments (ETDs) are at or over capacity with 33% reporting ambulance diversions, the most common sign of overcapacity within a health care facility. Compounding the physical capacity problem is the "human capacity strain" as admitted patients remain in the ETD for prolonged periods waiting for beds. Delayed admission to patient care units significantly strains the financial resources, impedes "patient flow" ultimately impacting the quality of care, patient satisfaction and the "bottom line." Discharge before 11 am optimizes the availability of hospital beds to meet admission demands thereby avoiding a surge over capacity or "patient back log", ambulance diversions in ETD; the post anesthesia recovery unit, admissions office and critical care units. Conversely competing needs for the attending physician's physical presence off of the hospital premises; off of the unit (private practice and meetings) often delays patient discharge from before 11 am to the afternoon and evening.

Conditions

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Patient Discharge

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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Timely Discharge (Remote Presence Technology)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult patients
* Primary care physicians in internal medicine
* Primary care physicians/practice group with established discharge pattern after 11 am
* Primary care physicians/practice group with fast access digital subscriber line (DSL) 300 kilobytes per second
* Primary care physicians/practice group who have Hackensack Medical Center (HUMC) intranet access from pre-determined location