This study will examine the productivity of the hospital workforce utilizing a unique dataset that is stored at the Royal Wolverhampton Trust (RWT). The data is recorded by a Real Time Location System (RTLS) that tracks the second-by-second physical location of patients, staff, and medical equipment. Using this data, the plan is to measure the amount of time that clinical staff spend with patients and with other clinical staff, and then explore how these measures of contact time influence patient health outcomes. The data will also be used to measure the location and movement of patients during their hospital stay, and test the impact of moving patients between wards on their health outcomes. In light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, impact of COVID19 on patient contact time, patient outcomes and professional working practices will also be examined.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
2,000
data extraction from RTLS
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Number of in-hospital deaths (RWT specific)
in-hospital mortality figures
Time frame: 30 days
Number of readmissions (RWT specific)
readmission figures
Time frame: 30 days
Length of stay
total amount of time in hospital
Time frame: 3 years
Nurse sensitive indicators
Number of Falls, medication errors, pressure ulcers and Urinary Tract Infections
Time frame: 3 years
Number of Adverse incidents affecting patient care
Number and description of Adverse incidents affecting patient care as recorded by the Datix information system (e.g. falls, medication errors)
Time frame: 3 years
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