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- Clinical Trial NCT02356926
Cross Checking to Reduce Adverse Events in the Emergency Department (Charmed)
Cross Checking to Reduce Adverse Events Resulting From Medical Errors in the Emergency Department
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
The CHARMED study is a prospective, multicenter, cluster-randomized cross-over study in six EDs in France. Centers will be randomly assigned to use routine management or systematic cross checking in the first period, and will use the alternative strategy in the second period (Fig 1). Patients will be recruited in six centers in France
In both periods, from 9am to 5pm, a CRT will be present in the ED to collect variables on providers and patients.
In the control period, usual care and routine management will be provided. In the intervention group, systematic cross-checking will be implemented three times a day from 8:30am to 6:00pm between emergency physicians. The CRT will seek emergency physicians (EP) by pairs for crosschecking. Senior physicians will use peer crosschecking (i.e. crosschecker will also be an emergency senior physician). The CRT will assist the pairing. Each EP will prepare to present all his or her current patients. Patient presentation will be will be protocolised (see below), although usual presentation will be sought as this is the presentation method already in place for handover. The crosschecking will occur in the presence of the CRT and in the ED, in any medical office staff room, or cubicle available.
Each EP will then have to present the patients he is actually taking care of, with brief description of the case. After a case has been presented by the EP, the comments and advice of the crosschecker will be sought.
In accordance to national and international recommendations 1,2,15, the following definitions will be used:
Medical Error: Failure of a planned action to be completed as intended, or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim. The severity of an error will be classified using the National Coordinating Council on Medical Error and Reporting (NCCMERP) from A to I 16, as shown in table 2.
Adverse event (AE): An injury that might have resulted from medical care (or lack thereof).
Near Miss: A medical error that has the potential to cause an adverse event, but did not either by chance or after an intervention. A near miss is an error of severity B, C or D.
Preventable AE: An AE associated with an error. A preventable AE is a medical error of severity E, F, G, H or I.
Severe Medical Error (SME): preventable AE or a near miss. The primary objective is to assess whether the implementation of Systematic Cross Serious unexplained guideline violation (local or national), even in the absence of any documented injury, will be considered an AE. Checking in the ED will reduce the rate of severe medical errors. The primary endpoint is the rate of SME in the seven days following ED visits. As previously described, the subsequent adverse events might not clearly appear in the ED settings, hence is considered as a SME 8. Hospital or ED re-attendance within the next 7 days will be also considered as an adverse event.
Secondary endpoints include the followings:
- Rate of AE and preventable AE
- Rate of Near Miss
- Severity of SME
Factors associated to SME:
- Related to patient (age, chief complaint, comorbidities, triage level)
- Related to physician (grade, experience, number of physician involved, handoff)
- Related to the ED visit (Time of visit, daily occupancy, crowding, waiting time, length of stay, total number of emergency physicians)
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Paris, France
- Hospital Pitie-Salpetriere
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- All patients that visit the ED during one of the two periods of recruitment, monday to friday between 8:30am and 4:30pm, will be screened for inclusion. We chose this time interval as they correspond to period that can be exposed to a cross checking, which will occur at 11:30 am, 2:00 pm and 4:30 pm.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients whose care is not provided by an EP (for example psychiatrist or maxillo-facial surgeon)
- Scheduled return attendance to the ED
Low severity, defined by
- Triage level 5 on a 1 to 5 scale 13,14
- Patients referred to a "minor" or "fast track" unit
- Patients discharged home less than 1 hours after first contact with an EP
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Observational Models: Case-Crossover
- Time Perspectives: Prospective
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
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Control
Usual care and routine management
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Cross checking
Systematic cross checking between emergency physicians at 11:30, 14:00 and 16:30
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
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Rate of adverse events and preventable adverse events in the 7 days after admission to the emergency
Time Frame: 7 days
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Occurrence of SAEs or "near miss" in the 7 days after admission to the emergency, defined as:
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7 days
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Yonathan Freund, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Freund Y, Goulet H, Leblanc J, Bokobza J, Ray P, Maignan M, Guinemer S, Truchot J, Feral-Pierssens AL, Yordanov Y, Philippon AL, Rouff E, Bloom B, Cachanado M, Rousseau A, Simon T, Riou B. Effect of Systematic Physician Cross-checking on Reducing Adverse Events in the Emergency Department: The CHARMED Cluster Randomized Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Jun 1;178(6):812-819. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0607.
- Freund Y, Rousseau A, Berard L, Goulet H, Ray P, Bloom B, Simon T, Riou B. Cross-checking to reduce adverse events resulting from medical errors in the emergency department: study protocol of the CHARMED cluster randomized study. BMC Emerg Med. 2015 Sep 4;15:21. doi: 10.1186/s12873-015-0046-1.
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- NI14017
- CRC13074 (Other Identifier: AP-HP)
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