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Impact of a Communication and Team-working Intervention on Performance and Effectiveness of a Medical Emergency Team

NCT01551160 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1500

Last updated 2016-11-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients in hospital can have unexpected clinical emergencies. When this occurs the Medical Emergency Team (MET) are called with the intention of resolving the problem. Previous investigations have found that patients who have more than one call during their admission have worse outcomes than patients who only have one call. But it has not been established why.

The aim of this research will be to examine these repeated calls and why patients subject to them go on to have worse outcomes. A predictive model will be developed to identify potential sources of risk. One potential source is poor communication between health care providers. An intervention to improve communication around MET calls may provide benefit to patients and improve outcomes.

Conditions

  • Hospital Rapid Response Team

Interventions

OTHER

A communication and team-working intervention

Medical Emergency Team (MET) briefings and formalised handover between MET staff and patient care teams

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Adelaide

    collaborator OTHER

  • Lyell McEwin Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Richard Chalwin, FCICM · Lyell McEwin Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-07-31
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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