NCT04114110

RTLS Technology Study

A Retrospective, Observational Analysis Using Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) Technology to Explore the Effects of Clinical Staffing on Hospital Productivity and Patient Health Outcomes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 2,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Inpatients
• Staff

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	RTLS data	data extraction from RTLS

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-06
• Primary completion: 2021-11-15
• Completion: 2021-11-15
• First posted: 2019-10-03
• Last updated: 2026-03-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom