Physicians Work Distribution in a Danish Emergency Department

Completed

• Conditions: Time Usage of ED Physicians

• Registration Number: NCT01722721
• Lead Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark

Brief Summary

physicians in the Emergency Department spend their time on interviewing and examining patients, file documentation, communication with colleagues about the patients.

Introduction of IT technology aims to reduce the administrative workload. However it is the impression that more and more time are used behind the PC rather than at the side of the patient.

The aim of this study is to describe how the time is distributed between different task for an ED physician, and to analyse whether there are differences in time distribution if the physician is working in the outpatient area versus admission area of the ED.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-01
• Primary Completion: 2012-02
• Study Completion: 2012-02
• Study First Submitted: 2012-10-24
• Status Verified: 2012-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-11-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-11-05
• Study First Posted: 2012-11-07
• Last Update Posted: 2012-11-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 9

Inclusion Criteria

ED physicians employed in the ED department

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
time in minutes used by Emergency Department (ED) physician on direct patient contact, documentation, communication about the patient.	first 24 hours after patient arrival to ED	the time measured in minutes used by the emergency physician on direct patient contact, examination and treatment, documentation in IT systems and communication with other health staff about the patient is counted by indepedent observer