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NCT number NCT00364117
Other study ID # 06.01.052
Secondary ID Intouch Technolo
Status Withdrawn
Phase Phase 2/Phase 3
First received August 11, 2006
Last updated May 3, 2013
Start date August 2006
Est. completion date August 2008

Study information

Verified date May 2013
Source Hackensack University Medical Center
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Institutional Review Board
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to integrate Remote Presence technology in order to increase the number of timely patient discharges before 11 am from the medical center.


Description:

Reduction in beds coupled with the increased need for health care services has led to a supply and demand struggle or capacity management challenge for health care facilities. This is now recognized as a major public health issue. The impact is readily seen as overcrowding in emergency departments. At present 76% of hospitals' emergency departments (ETDs) are at or over capacity with 33% reporting ambulance diversions, the most common sign of overcapacity within a health care facility. Compounding the physical capacity problem is the "human capacity strain" as admitted patients remain in the ETD for prolonged periods waiting for beds. Delayed admission to patient care units significantly strains the financial resources, impedes "patient flow" ultimately impacting the quality of care, patient satisfaction and the "bottom line." Discharge before 11 am optimizes the availability of hospital beds to meet admission demands thereby avoiding a surge over capacity or "patient back log", ambulance diversions in ETD; the post anesthesia recovery unit, admissions office and critical care units. Conversely competing needs for the attending physician's physical presence off of the hospital premises; off of the unit (private practice and meetings) often delays patient discharge from before 11 am to the afternoon and evening.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Withdrawn
Enrollment 0
Est. completion date August 2008
Est. primary completion date August 2008
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult patients

- Primary care physicians in internal medicine

- Primary care physicians/practice group with established discharge pattern after 11 am

- Primary care physicians/practice group with fast access digital subscriber line (DSL) 300 kilobytes per second

- Primary care physicians/practice group who have Hackensack Medical Center (HUMC) intranet access from pre-determined location

Exclusion Criteria:

- Non-English speaking patients

- Patients requiring acute level of care on the day of discharge

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
Timely Discharge (Remote Presence Technology)


Locations

Country Name City State
United States Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack New Jersey

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Hackensack University Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Timely patient discharge before 11 am
Primary Patient satisfaction
Primary Employee satisfaction
Secondary Employee satisfaction
Secondary Physician satisfaction
Secondary Financial impact on medical center
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