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A comparison study on the effectiveness of pager and telephone systems during emergency department consultations and length of stay of consulted emergency department patients

Cilt: 10 Sayı: 1 21 Mart 2019
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A comparison study on the effectiveness of pager and telephone systems during emergency department consultations and length of stay of consulted emergency department patients

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Aim: Emergency department (ED) physicians use different tools and modalities to communicate with consulted clinical divisions in all over the world. Domestic phones, pagers, consultation stations, mobile phones and smart phone applications are commonly used examples. They have a changing trend over time and technology in practice. We evaluated the effectiveness of the consultations conducted by telephone and pager systems, compared the functionality of both systems and investigated their effects on length of stay (LOS) of the patients in the ED of a tertiary teaching hospital.

Material and methods: The study was planned as prospective and descriptive. The consulted patients in ED were assigned for the study group. The domestic telephones and pagers with central operating system were used as an ED consultation tool for a two-week period, respectively and separately. LOS and consultation response time (CRT) were evaluated.

Results: Three hundred eighteen consultations were requested for a total of 228 patients. The most frequently requested consultations were from Cardiology (17.6%), General Surgery (14.2%) and Orthopaedics (13.5%). When the telephone and pager systems were compared independently from the departments, CRT was found significantly longer via telephone compared to pager (52 min vs. 18 min; p=0.56, p=0.04). The LOS was 353 min for telephone, 314 min for pager but these results were not statistically significant (p>0.05).

Conclusion: The pager system for consultation request is a time and energy reducing option for ED physicians. In addition, it shortens CRT for the patients with high urgency levels. However there is no significant difference between both methods on LOS.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Sevilay Vural
Bozok Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Eğitim ve Uygulama Hastanesi, Acil Tıp Ana Bilim Dalı
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

21 Mart 2019

Gönderilme Tarihi

8 Eylül 2017

Kabul Tarihi

26 Eylül 2017

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2019 Cilt: 10 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Vural, S., İçme, F., Şahin Kavaklı, H., Tanrıverdi, F., & Karakayalı, O. (2019). A comparison study on the effectiveness of pager and telephone systems during emergency department consultations and length of stay of consulted emergency department patients. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory, 10(1), 12-17. https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.336946
AMA
1.Vural S, İçme F, Şahin Kavaklı H, Tanrıverdi F, Karakayalı O. A comparison study on the effectiveness of pager and telephone systems during emergency department consultations and length of stay of consulted emergency department patients. TJCL. 2019;10(1):12-17. doi:10.18663/tjcl.336946
Chicago
Vural, Sevilay, Ferhat İçme, Havva Şahin Kavaklı, Fatih Tanrıverdi, ve Onur Karakayalı. 2019. “A comparison study on the effectiveness of pager and telephone systems during emergency department consultations and length of stay of consulted emergency department patients”. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory 10 (1): 12-17. https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.336946.
EndNote
Vural S, İçme F, Şahin Kavaklı H, Tanrıverdi F, Karakayalı O (01 Mart 2019) A comparison study on the effectiveness of pager and telephone systems during emergency department consultations and length of stay of consulted emergency department patients. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory 10 1 12–17.
IEEE
[1]S. Vural, F. İçme, H. Şahin Kavaklı, F. Tanrıverdi, ve O. Karakayalı, “A comparison study on the effectiveness of pager and telephone systems during emergency department consultations and length of stay of consulted emergency department patients”, TJCL, c. 10, sy 1, ss. 12–17, Mar. 2019, doi: 10.18663/tjcl.336946.
ISNAD
Vural, Sevilay - İçme, Ferhat - Şahin Kavaklı, Havva - Tanrıverdi, Fatih - Karakayalı, Onur. “A comparison study on the effectiveness of pager and telephone systems during emergency department consultations and length of stay of consulted emergency department patients”. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory 10/1 (01 Mart 2019): 12-17. https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.336946.
JAMA
1.Vural S, İçme F, Şahin Kavaklı H, Tanrıverdi F, Karakayalı O. A comparison study on the effectiveness of pager and telephone systems during emergency department consultations and length of stay of consulted emergency department patients. TJCL. 2019;10:12–17.
MLA
Vural, Sevilay, vd. “A comparison study on the effectiveness of pager and telephone systems during emergency department consultations and length of stay of consulted emergency department patients”. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory, c. 10, sy 1, Mart 2019, ss. 12-17, doi:10.18663/tjcl.336946.
Vancouver
1.Sevilay Vural, Ferhat İçme, Havva Şahin Kavaklı, Fatih Tanrıverdi, Onur Karakayalı. A comparison study on the effectiveness of pager and telephone systems during emergency department consultations and length of stay of consulted emergency department patients. TJCL. 01 Mart 2019;10(1):12-7. doi:10.18663/tjcl.336946

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Publication Language: Turkish and English

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Publisher: DNT Ortadoğu Publishing Inc.

Journal Abbreviation: Turk J Clin Lab

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