RTLS Technology Study

Inpatients Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Retrospective, Observational Analysis Using Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) Technology to Explore the Effects of Clinical Staffing on Hospital Productivity and Patient Health Outcomes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04114110
• Other study ID #: 2019SUR107
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 6, 2020
• Est. completion date: November 15, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2022
• Source: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will examine the productivity of the hospital workforce utilizing a unique dataset that is stored at the Royal Wolverhampton Trust (RWT). The data is recorded by a Real Time Location System (RTLS) that tracks the second-by-second physical location of patients, staff, and medical equipment. Using this data, the plan is to measure the amount of time that clinical staff spend with patients and with other clinical staff, and then explore how these measures of contact time influence patient health outcomes. The data will also be used to measure the location and movement of patients during their hospital stay, and test the impact of moving patients between wards on their health outcomes. In light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, impact of COVID19 on patient contact time, patient outcomes and professional working practices will also be examined.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2000
• Est. completion date: November 15, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: November 15, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients admitted to inpatient departments at RWT and are present at RWT during the period of 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2019 inclusive.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients admitted to outpatient wards at RWT;

• Patients that were not admitted at or discharged from RWT between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2019 inclusive.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Inpatients
• Staff

Intervention

Other:
• RTLS data
data extraction from RTLS

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust	Wolverhampton	West Midlands

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust	Cornell University, La Trobe University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

References & Publications (1)

The feasibility and validity of using a real time location system (RTLS) to measure bedside contact time Ann-Marie Cannaby, Vanda Carter, Thomas Hoe et al. First Published [Online] November 15, 2021 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871211016169

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of in-hospital deaths (RWT specific)	in-hospital mortality figures	30 days
Primary	Number of readmissions (RWT specific)	readmission figures	30 days
Primary	Length of stay	total amount of time in hospital	3 years
Primary	Nurse sensitive indicators	Number of Falls, medication errors, pressure ulcers and Urinary Tract Infections	3 years
Primary	Number of Adverse incidents affecting patient care	Number and description of Adverse incidents affecting patient care as recorded by the Datix information system (e.g. falls, medication errors)	3 years