A Phase 4 interventional study of Clinical Decision Unit in Acute Illness, sponsored by University of Alberta. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 17 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2008-09-12.
Sponsored by University of Alberta · Phase 4, Interventional, and Health services research
This randomized controlled trial will introduce a Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) into the University of Alberta Hospital Emergency Department(ED)and assess the influence on ED length of stay, patients who leave without being seen, and other ED Overcrowding outcomes.
The study will take place over a 6-week period that will be spilt into three-two-week blocks. Using computerized blocks of 2 weeks, days of the week will be randomly allocated so that each day of the week receives one intervention (CDU) and one control day for the study period. The CDU involves transforming an ED bed location to a 6-chair internal waiting room with 2 adjacent beds assigned to act as assessment and treatment locations. Patients will transition between the chair and stretcher to optimize the use of ED space.
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Exclusion Criteria:
regular use of the 2-bed areas in the Emergency department
Behavioral: Clinical Decision Unit
a dedicated 2-bed area to see patients and then rotate them back into the waiting room area for labs and diagnostic imaging.
Total ED length of stay
Time frame: in the Emergency Department
Left without being seen (LWBS) rates
Time frame: in the Emergency Department
nurse and physician satisfaction
Time frame: following Emergency Department shift
ambulance turnaround times (time
Time frame: in the Emergency Department
This study is completed, as verified in Sep 2008. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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