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Impact of a Triage Liaison Physician

NCT02980159 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 69893

Last updated 2017-07-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Due to an increasing number of patients admitted in emergency departments, many patients cannot be evaluated immediately after their admission. The function of "triage liaison physician" was introduced in Spring 2015. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of this new function on patients' flow in the ED.

Conditions

  • Emergencies
  • Triage

Interventions

OTHER

Triage liaison physician

A triage liaison physician is present from 7:30 am to 10:30 pm, Monday to Friday, with the mission to evaluate quickly patients who cannot be immediately installed in an ED room

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Geneva

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Olivier T Rutschmann, MD, MPH · University Hospital, Geneva

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2017-06-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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