CompletedPhase 4

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

Canada5,718 participantsStarted 2005-12

Plain-language 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.

Who can participate

Age range17 Years

SexALL

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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.

What they're measuring

Median patient length of stay

Timeframe: while in the Emergency Department

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00435890

SponsorUniversity of Alberta

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2006-02

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