Physician-nurse Team to Reduce Emergency Department (ED) Overcrowding

NCT ID: NCT01219868

Last Updated: 2013-03-20

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

8000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-10-31

Study Completion Date

2011-03-31

Brief Summary

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The objective of this study is to explore the impact of a physician-nurse team supervising patient's flow on ED length of stay

Detailed Description

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A physician-nurse team will be in charge of patients flow in the ED during intervention periods. During control periods, no team will be present. The impact of this team on Ed length of stay will be assessed.

Conditions

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Triage

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Physician-nurse team

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Physician-nurse team supervision

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Physician-nurse team will supervise patient's flow in the ED

Interventions

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Physician-nurse team supervision

Physician-nurse team will supervise patient's flow in the ED

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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No name

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* all adult patients \> 16 years presenting to the ED

Exclusion Criteria

* no
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Geneva

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Olivier T. Rutschmann

MD, MPH

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Olivier T Rutschmann, MD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

HUG

Locations

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ED of Geneva University Hospitals

Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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SU-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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