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8130506

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
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.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0195-4210
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
41-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Improving the efficiency of patient recruitment with an automated telephone screening system in a client-server environment.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory for Healthcare Informatics, University of Maryland, UMBC, Baltimore.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article