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Improving Emergency Department Management of Adults With Sickle Cell Disease

NCT01603160 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 715

Last updated 2015-03-05

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Summary

The objective of this study is to design, implement and test quality improvement measures to improve the care of adults with sickle cell disease in the emergency department.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Quality Improvement

There are no interventions for the individual patient. The changes in processes developed by the quality improvement team will be made for all adults with sickle cell disease, not just adults who consent to interviews. A proactive risk assessment methodology, Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), will be used in two EDs to identify the vulnerabilities, risks, and weak points (failures) in the systems and processes involved in four key decisions of the ED-SCANS. Based on the aggregated results of the FMECA's, generalizable quality improvement interventions (QII's) will be developed and implemented with the purpose of changing the way emergency care for adults with SCD is delivered and organized.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Paula Tanabe, MSN, MPH, PhD, RN · Duke University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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