NCT Number: NCT01722721
Physicians Work Distribution in a Danish Emergency Department
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.
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Who can participate
Healthy volunteers accepted: No
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
ED physicians employed in the ED department
Exclusion criteria
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Treatment and study plan
Primary outcomes
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time in minutes used by Emergency Department (ED) physician on direct patient contact, documentation, communication about the patient.
Time frame: 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
Sponsors and collaborators
Lead sponsor
University of Southern Denmark
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Registry information
Important dates
- Study start
- 2012
- Primary completion
- 2012
- Study completion
- 2012
- First posted
- Nov 7, 2012
- Registry last updated
- Nov 25, 2025
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