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The effectiveness of primary care streaming in emergency departments on decision-making and patient flow and safety – A realist evaluation

Michelle Edwards, Alison Cooper, Thomas Hughes, Freya Davies, Delyth Price, Pippa Anderson, Bridie Evans Orcid Logo, Andrew Carson-Stevens, Jeremy Dale, Peter Hibbert, Barbara Harrington, Julie Hepburn, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena, Helen Snooks Orcid Logo, Adrian Edwards

International Emergency Nursing, Volume: 62, Start page: 101155

Swansea University Authors: Bridie Evans Orcid Logo, Helen Snooks Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.ienj.2022.101155

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Primary care streaming was implemented in UK Emergency Departments (EDs) to manage an increasing demand for urgent care. We aimed to explore its effectiveness in EDs with different primary care models and identify contexts and mechanisms that influenced outcomes: streaming patients to the most appro...

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description Primary care streaming was implemented in UK Emergency Departments (EDs) to manage an increasing demand for urgent care. We aimed to explore its effectiveness in EDs with different primary care models and identify contexts and mechanisms that influenced outcomes: streaming patients to the most appropriate clinician or service, ED flow and patient safety.MethodWe observed streaming and interviewed ED and primary care staff during case study visits to 10 EDs in England. We used realist methodology, synthesising a middle-range theory with our qualitative data to refine and create a set of theories that explain relationships between contexts, mechanisms and outcomes.ResultsMechanisms contributing to the effectiveness of primary care streaming were: quality of decision-making, patient flow, redeploying staff, managing patients across streams, the implementation of governance protocols, guidance, training, service evaluation and quality improvement efforts. Experienced nurses and good teamworking and strategic and operational management were key contextual factors.ConclusionWe recommend service improvement strategies, operational management, monitoring, evaluation and training to ensure that ED nurses stream patients presenting at an ED seeking urgent care to the most appropriate clinicians for their needs in a safe and efficient manner.
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