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Improving the efficiency of patient recruitment with an automated telephone screening system in a client-server environment.

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Titel: Improving the efficiency of patient recruitment with an automated telephone screening system in a client-server environment.
Autoren: Silva MI; Laboratory for Healthcare Informatics, University of Maryland, UMBC, Baltimore., Abbott P, Petrucci K, Canfield K, Muir J
Quelle: Proceedings. Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care [Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care] 1993, pp. 41-5.
Publikationsart: Journal Article
Sprache: English
Info zur Zeitschrift: Publisher: American Medical Informatics Association (Amia) Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8113685 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0195-4210 (Print) Linking ISSN: 01954210 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Publication: Bethesda Md : American Medical Informatics Association (Amia)
Original Publication: New York : Long Beach, Calif. : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ; Available from IEEE Computer Society, c1977-c1995.
MeSH-Schlagworte: Decision Making, Computer-Assisted* , Telephone*/economics, Clinical Trials as Topic/*methods , Medical History Taking/*methods, Aged ; Baltimore ; Clinical Trials as Topic/economics ; Computer Systems/economics ; Cost Savings ; Decision Support Techniques ; Efficiency, Organizational ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; User-Computer Interface ; Veterans
Abstract: An automated telephone screening system was implemented at the Baltimore VA Hospital on a Local Area Network (LAN) to evaluate older adults for the GRECC research program. Using the system for decision support, a registered nurse (RN) placed 117 phone calls to older adults in the Baltimore community over a 3 month period. The modular design of the system allowed tracking of inclusion and exclusion criteria which was shared by clinicians and researchers. The design goal of the telephone screening system was to reduce time and personnel costs and increase the effectiveness of screening for recruitment for a major research project. Effectiveness is defined as avoiding under--or over--screening. Using the telephone system, it is estimated the research team saved over $6,000.00 in unnecessary medical evaluation in a 3 months period. As the system develops, the process by which older adults are assessed for research programs in the Geriatrics Service at the Baltimore VAMC will provide additional cost efficiencies.
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Entry Date(s): Date Created: 19930101 Date Completed: 19940421 Latest Revision: 20181113
Update Code: 20250114
PubMed Central ID: PMC2248473
PMID: 8130506
Datenbank: MEDLINE
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Abstract:An automated telephone screening system was implemented at the Baltimore VA Hospital on a Local Area Network (LAN) to evaluate older adults for the GRECC research program. Using the system for decision support, a registered nurse (RN) placed 117 phone calls to older adults in the Baltimore community over a 3 month period. The modular design of the system allowed tracking of inclusion and exclusion criteria which was shared by clinicians and researchers. The design goal of the telephone screening system was to reduce time and personnel costs and increase the effectiveness of screening for recruitment for a major research project. Effectiveness is defined as avoiding under--or over--screening. Using the telephone system, it is estimated the research team saved over $6,000.00 in unnecessary medical evaluation in a 3 months period. As the system develops, the process by which older adults are assessed for research programs in the Geriatrics Service at the Baltimore VAMC will provide additional cost efficiencies.
ISSN:0195-4210