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Can A Virtual Clinic Review Replace A Surgical Clinic Visit After Discharge?

NCT03067220 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 209

Last updated 2017-06-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To assess if a virtual out patient clinic via a telephone review was an acceptable and safe alternative to a clinic attendance for a broad range of general surgical patients discharged following a hospital admission.

Conditions

  • Outpatients General Surgery Virtual Clinic

Interventions

OTHER

Virtual outpatient clinic appointment

Patients will be sent an appointment letter stating a specific day approximately 6 weeks after their discharge from hospital in which they will be contacted by telephone for a review by a junior doctor from the discharging team.

OTHER

Standard outpatient clinic appointment

Patients will be sent an appointment letter to return to a scheduled outpatient clinic for review approximately 6 weeks after their discharge from hospital

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Walsh, MD MCh FCRSI · Department of General Surgery, Connolly Hospital and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-05-01
Primary Completion
2017-05-01
Completion
2017-05-01

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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