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Studies
Triage Liaison Physician - Evaluation of a Novel Approach to Address Emergency Department Overcrowding

NCT00435890

Sponsor

University of Alberta

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Sep 12, 2008Estimated

Enrollment

5,718Actual

Phase

Phase 4

Conditions

Acute Illness

Interventions

Triage Liaison Physician

Countries

Canada

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Sep 2008

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Dec 2005

Primary Completion Date

Feb 2006Actual

Completion Date

Jun 2006Actual

First Submitted Date

Feb 15, 2007

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Feb 15, 2007

First Posted Date

Feb 16, 2007Estimated

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Sep 11, 2008

Last Update Posted Date

Sep 12, 2008Estimated

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Not provided

Is FDA Regulated Device

Not provided

Is Unapproved Device

Not provided

Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

Not provided

Description Module

Brief Summary

This randomized controlled trial will introduce a triage liaison physician (TLP) into the University of Alberta Hospital Emergency Department (ED) and assess the influence on patients who leave without being seen, ED length of stay, and other ED Overcrowding outcomes.

Detailed Description

ED Overcrowding is a significant cause of delayed care, patient dissatisfaction, and poor outcomes in North American EDs. This intervention has not been widely studied; however, it represents an opportunity for improving patient flows in EDs.

Design Module

Study Type

Interventional

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Phase 4

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

5,718Actual

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
1	No Intervention	No triage liaison physician	Behavioral: Triage Liaison Physician

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Triage Liaison Physician	Behavioral	triage liaison physician stationed with nurses at the triage desk of the Emergency Department.	1

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Median patient length of stay		while in the Emergency Department

Secondary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Left without being seen		while in the Emergency Department
ambulance turnaround times		while in the Emergency Department
satisfaction (physicians and nurses)

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Only adult patients (> 17 years of age) presenting to the University of Alberta Hospital Emergency Department (UAH ED), during the study interval will be included in the evaluation.

Exclusion Criteria:

Direct admits/Pediatric patients.

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

17 Years

Maximum Age

Not provided

Standard Ages

ChildAdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Name	Affiliation	Role
Brian H Rowe, MD	University of Alberta	Study Director

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
University of Alberta Hospital		Edmonton	Alberta	T6G 2B7	Canada

References Module

Citations

PubMed Identifier	Type	Citation	Retractions
17656607	Background	Holroyd BR, Bullard MJ, Latoszek K, Gordon D, Allen S, Tam S, Blitz S, Yoon P, Rowe BH. Impact of a triage liaison physician on emergency department overcrowding and throughput: a randomized controlled trial. Acad Emerg Med. 2007 Aug;14(8):702-8. doi: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.04.018.