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The Effect of an Physician-Nurse Supplementary Triage Assistance Team on Emergency Department Patient Wait Times

NCT00991471 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6300

Last updated 2017-10-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to investigate whether the introduction of a physician-nurse supplementary triage assessment team (MDRN STAT) is effective in improving time-based performance indicators for wait times. Secondary objectives will examine the quality of patient care and health care worker satisfaction and the cost-effectiveness of the program

Conditions

  • Emergencies

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Interaction with MDRN STAT

Interaction with MDRNSTAT at triage to obtain orders for investigations and/or treatment

BEHAVIORAL

No MDRNSTAT

Standard management of nurse-only triage for assignment of CTAS

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ivy Cheng, FRCP · Sunnybrook Hospital Emergency Department

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-02-28
Completion
2010-02-28

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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