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Triage Liaison Physician - Evaluation of a Novel Approach to Address Emergency Department Overcrowding

NCT00435890 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5718

Last updated 2008-09-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomized controlled trial will introduce a triage liaison physician (TLP) into the University of Alberta Hospital Emergency Department (ED) and assess the influence on patients who leave without being seen, ED length of stay, and other ED Overcrowding outcomes.

Conditions

  • Acute Illness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Triage Liaison Physician

triage liaison physician stationed with nurses at the triage desk of the Emergency Department.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brian H Rowe, MD · University of Alberta

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-12-31
Primary Completion
2006-02-28
Completion
2006-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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