Clinical trials: Referral and Consultation
After-hours Care
Differentiated Access to Out-of-hours Primary Care Through Emergency Access
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to test the use of an emergency button that allows patients to jump the telephone waiting line at the out-of-hours primary care in two regions in Denmark if they perceive their…
- Trial name
- Akutknappen (NCT02572115)
- Testing
- Akutknappen - used, Akutknappen - not used
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 7,385 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Referral and Consultation, Telemedicine
Electronic Referral and Booking of Outpatient Day Case Surgery Compared With Traditional Referral Routines.
We want in this study to investigate the cost-effectiveness and waiting time of direct electronic referral and booking of outpatient surgery compared to the traditional patient pathway where the patient is seen at the outpatient…
- Conditions
- Referral and Consultation, Telemedicine, Surgery, Outpatient, Surgery, Day
- Trial name
- one-stop (NCT00692497)
- Testing
- one stop (Electronic standardised referrals and appointment bookings)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of North Norway
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Psychotherapy
SMART Therapist Training: A Hybrid Factorial-SMART Design
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is highly effective in randomized controlled trials, but its effectiveness drops substantially in standard clinical practice, largely due to therapist "drift" from fidelity to the protocol.
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT07010770)
- Testing
- Web-Based Training (WBT), Work Sample Review (WR), Step down to fidelity self-monitoring
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Alcohol-Related Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders
Improving Alcohol and Substance Use Care Access, Outcome, Equity During the Reproductive Years
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of evidence-based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) among adult patients who screen positive to one or more risky alcohol or substance…
- Conditions
- Alcohol-Related Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders, Mental Health, Reproductive Health
- Trial name
- NCT05910580
- Testing
- Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Overweight, Obesity
Physical Activity Referrals to the Community
The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of primary care referrals to community physical activity programs for overweight and obese youth aged 6-18 years on objectively measured physical activity and cardiorespiratory…
- Trial name
- PARC (NCT02044744)
- Testing
- Physical activity referral
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Low Back Pain
Enhanced Implementation of Low Back Pain Guidelines in General Practice
The aim of this study is to evaluate whether an enhanced strategy of implementation of the new guideline will lower the number of patients getting referred to secondary care spine centres compared to a normal implementation…
- Trial name
- NCT01699256
- Testing
- Guideline implementation as usual, Enhanced guideline implementation strategy
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,101 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Referral and Consultation, Glomerulonephritis
Optimizing Referral Pathways for Patients With Hematuria and Moderate-Severe Proteinuria
The purpose of the study is to evaluate prospectively the impact of an electronic health record (EHR) alert on primary care providers' (PCP) referral to Nephrology of Geisinger patients with high risk signs (blood and protein in…
- Conditions
- Referral and Consultation, Glomerulonephritis, Hematuria, Proteinuria
- Trial name
- NCT07431931
- Testing
- Electronic Health Record alert
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Referral and Consultation
Consultation Contents of an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic
This study aimed to evaluate conditions and indications in which a training and research hospital directs outpatient and inpatient consultations to an oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic and consider the expectations of…
- Trial name
- NCT05454384
- Testing
- Medical Record Examination
- Volunteers
- 178 people
- Sponsor
- Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
Attendance
Impact of Automated Calls on Pediatric Patient Attendance in Chile
Missed health care appointments present a serious challenge to patient care. Especially in government funded health systems like that of Chile, missed appointments can lead to delayed care, wasted resources, and escalating costs.
- Trial name
- Health Call (NCT02442089)
- Testing
- Health Call
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 263 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Osteoarthritis
Feasibility Study: Effect of Patient Decision Aids for Total Joint Replacement on Surgical Referrals
Ministries of Health consider wait lists for total joint replacement a top priority. Research priorities to manage wait lists indicate the need to establish benchmarks that consider patient preferences.
- Trial name
- NCT00743951
- Testing
- 1 Patient decision aid, 2 Usual care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 142 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Triage, Low Acuity Patients
FOllow-up of LOW-acuity Patients After REdirection From a Swiss Emergency Department Using an Electronic TRIage Application
Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a growing issue, affecting patient safety, healthcare quality, and hospital efficiency.
- Conditions
- Triage, Low Acuity Patients, Health Literacy Level, Non-urgent Emergencies
- Trial name
- FO-LOW-RETRI (NCT06971419)
- Testing
- intervention is the use of aTriage-Based Patient Redirection Using an Electronic Decision Support Toolin the emergency department (ED)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hôpital Fribourgeois
Substance Use Disorders
Substance Abuse Self-Help Group Referral: Outcomes and Services Use
Self-help groups (SHGs) have become an important component of the system of care for patients with substance use disorders (SUDs).
- Trial name
- NCT00105729
- Testing
- Intensive referral to 12-step self-help groups
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 345 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Sleep Disorders
Sleep Specialty Consultation: Improving Management of Sleep Disorders
Sleep disorders are prevalent health problems that reduce quality of life, increase risks for medical disease, and enhance healthcare costs/utilization. Only a small proportion of these cases are diagnosed in primary care.
- Trial name
- NCT00390572
- Testing
- Sleep Specialty Consultation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Communication
Effectiveness of WhatsApp (a Messenger Program) Usage in Emergency Department (ED)
Effective communication between consulting physicians and the emergency physicians is critical for patients in the emergency department.
- Trial name
- NCT02586779
- Testing
- whatsApp, without whatsApp
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Adiyaman University Research Hospital
Cognitive Dysfunction, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Improving the Referral of Patients With Suspected Cognitive Impairment and Early Dementia
The goal of this interventional study is to implement and evaluate the adhesion to two types of interventional strategies for assessing cognitive function, at Family Health Units (FHU), providing primary care clinicians (PCCs)…
- Trial name
- DemRefImprov (NCT05890313)
- Testing
- Mini Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Brain on Track (version BOT.0.0.0 03.03.2023)
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade do Porto
End-Stage Liver Disease
Surprise Question in End of Life (SeQuEL) Care and the Effect of Prompting Palliative Care Consultation: End-Stage Liver Disease
This is a single center randomized platform trial determining whether prompting consideration of palliative care consultation through the electronic health record impacts the number of palliative consultations placed and…
- Trial name
- SeQuEL (NCT06400498)
- Testing
- Prompted Palliative Care Consult
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
No Conditions, Improving Referrals Into NHS CAMHS
Enhancing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Referrals 2
Background Increasing numbers of children and young people are being referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). However, a quarter are 'rejected' for treatment. This can happen for simple reasons like: 1.
- Trial name
- EN-CAMHS 2 (NCT07399106)
- Testing
- Work Package 1, Work Package 2, Work Package 3
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 235 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Decision Support Systems, Clinical, Referral and Consultation
Testing an AI Tool to Help Primary Care Clinicians With Specialty Consultation Questions
The goal of this study is to test an artificial intelligence (AI) tool called SAGE. SAGE helps primary care doctors with questions that often need a specialist. Primary care doctors are the doctors people usually see first.
- Trial name
- SAGE (NCT07706920)
- Testing
- SAGE (AI clinical decision support), Standard eConsult
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Health Behavior
Ecology of Medical Care - Utilisation of Health Care in Austria
BACKGROUND: A proper understanding of the attitudes towards its own health status and concise estimates concerning the health seeking behavior of the different subgroups of a population are highly desirable.
- Trial name
- ECOHCARE (NCT01261845)
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Genetic Disease, Neurogenetic Disorders
Pediatric Neurogenetic Diagnosis Support Platform
This study evaluates a diagnostic support platform, DIAGEN-IA, designed to identify pediatric neurological diseases with a genetic basis.
- Trial name
- DIAGEN-IA (NCT06725901)
- Testing
- Web-Based Application
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Nacional Andres Bello