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The Effect of Telehealth Ontario on Non-urgent Emergency Department Use at The Hospital for Sick Children

NCT00625027 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 115

Last updated 2013-08-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the rate of non-urgent emergency department use between three groups of patients: those who were referred to the emergency department by Telehealth Ontario; those who were referred by a physician; and those who arrived without being advised by a nurse or a doctor.

Conditions

  • Emergency Department Visit

Interventions

OTHER

Survey and Chart Review

After obtaining consent the survey will be completed. After a staff physician has assessed the patient, the chart will be consulted to retrieve the triage notes, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge recommendations. The physician will be asked to comment on the 'urgency' of the complaint and whether the patient would have been treated equally well at a walk-in clinic.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dennis Scolnik, MB ChB · The Hospital for Sick Children

Eligibility

Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-03-31
Primary Completion
2006-09-30
Completion
2006-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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