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Electronic Referral and Booking of Outpatient Day Case Surgery Compared With Traditional Referral Routines.

NCT00692497 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2016-01-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

We want in this study to investigate the cost-effectiveness and waiting time of direct electronic referral and booking of outpatient surgery compared to the traditional patient pathway where the patient is seen at the outpatient clinic prior to surgery.

Conditions

  • Referral and Consultation
  • Telemedicine
  • Surgery, Outpatient
  • Surgery, Day
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized
  • Health Services Research
  • Health Care Surveys

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

one stop (Electronic standardised referrals and appointment bookings)

The one stop strategy is a set of interventions directed at GPs referring to the University Hospital. The interventions include: Guidelines for referral, standardised electronic referrals, booking for outpatient surgery and a patient information form.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital of North Norway

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rolv-Ole Lindsetmo, MD, PhD · University of Tromso

  • Roar Johnsen, MD, PhD, Prof. · University of North Norway

  • Knut M Augestad, MD · Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine and Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University Hospital of North Norway, Norway

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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