Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable

Michigan Emergency Department Improvement Collaborative (MEDIC) Alert; Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

United States14 participantsStarted 2024-03-01

Plain-language summary

This study is a quality improvement project to evaluate health care management of pulmonary embolism (PE) patients. The researchers are testing an intervention to determine if it prevents unnecessary hospital admissions.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Participation in MEDIC collaborative * Identified site physician champion * Annual volume of acute PE ≥80 (measured in 2022) Exclusion Criteria: * Pediatric-only hospital/ED * No site physician champion identified * Annual volume of acute PE \<80 (measured in 2022) * Existing formal clinical pathway for outpatient management of low-risk PE

What they're measuring

Change in proportion of patients discharged home from Emergency Department (ED)

Timeframe: 3 months Pre-intervention, Up to 18 months Post-intervention

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06312332

SponsorUniversity of Michigan

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-08

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