Status:

COMPLETED

The Effect of an Physician-Nurse Supplementary Triage Assistance Team on Emergency Department Patient Wait Times

Lead Sponsor:

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Conditions:

Emergencies

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The primary objective of this study is to investigate whether the introduction of a physician-nurse supplementary triage assessment team (MDRN STAT) is effective in improving time-based performance in...

Detailed Description

In 2007, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care (MOHLTC) declared emergency department wait-times a government priority. The crisis of overcrowding and access block has become an internatio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients arriving from 8:00-14:30 during a day here a MDRN STAT is assigned

Exclusion

  • None

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

6300 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00991471

Start Date

September 1 2009

End Date

February 1 2010

Last Update

October 31 2017

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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M1N 0A1