Radiographer-led discharge for emergency care patients, requiring projection radiography of minor musculoskeletal injuries: a scoping review
dc.contributor.author | Shepherd, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Lourida, I | |
dc.contributor.author | Meertens, RM | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-28T09:37:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-04-29 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-11-27T22:29:14Z | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Pressure on emergency departments (EDs) from increased attendance for minor injuries has been recognised in the United Kingdom. Radiographer-led discharge (RLD) has potential for improving efficiency, through radiographers trained to discharge patients or refer them for treatment at the point of image assessment. This review aims to scope all RLD literature and identify research assessing the merits of RLD and requirements to enable implementation. METHODS: We conducted a scoping review of studies relating to RLD of emergency care patients requiring projection radiography of minor musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries. MEDLINE, Embase and CINAHL, relevant radiography journals and grey literature were searched. Articles were reviewed and the full texts of selected studies were screened against eligibility criteria. The data were extracted, collated and a narrative synthesis completed. RESULTS: Seven studies with varying study designs were included in the review. The small number of studies was possibly due to a generally low research uptake in radiography. The main outcome for four studies was reduced length of stay in ED, with recall and re-attendance to ED a primary outcome in one study and secondary outcome for two other studies. The potential for increased efficiency in the minor MSK pathway patient pathway and capacity for ED staff was recognised. Radiographers identified a concern regarding the risk of litigation and incentive of increased salary when considering RLD. The studies were broadly radiographer focussed, despite RLD spanning ED and Radiology. CONCLUSION: There were a low number of RLD active radiographers, likely to be motivated individuals. However, RLD has potential for generalisability with protocol variations evident, all producing similar positive outcomes. Understanding radiography and ED culture could clarify facilitators for RLD to be utilised more sustainably into the future. Cost effectiveness studies, action research within ED, and cluster randomised controlled trial with process evaluation are needed to fully understand the potential for RLD. The cost effectiveness of RLD may provide financial support for training radiographers and increasing their salary, with potential future benefit of reduction in workload within ED. RLD implementation would require an inter-professional approach achieved by understanding ED staff and patient perspectives and ensuring these views are central to RLD implementation. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 22, article 70 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00616-6 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/131862 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0003-4439-2192 (Lourida, Ilianna) | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-2120-8877 (Meertens, Robert M) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | BMC | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35676623 | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/133024 | |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2022. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Early discharge | en_GB |
dc.subject | Emergency department | en_GB |
dc.subject | Radiographer-led discharge | en_GB |
dc.subject | Service improvement | en_GB |
dc.title | Radiographer-led discharge for emergency care patients, requiring projection radiography of minor musculoskeletal injuries: a scoping review | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-28T09:37:37Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-227X | |
exeter.article-number | 70 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from BMC via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Availability of data and materials: All data used and analysed during this study are included in this published article. | en_GB |
dc.description | The correction to this article is available in ORE at http://hdl.handle.net/10871/133024 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1471-227X | |
dc.identifier.journal | BMC Emergency Medicine | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Emerg Med, 22(1) | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2022-03-21 | |
dc.rights.license | CC BY | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2022-04-29 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2022-11-28T09:36:25Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-11-28T09:37:37Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2022-04-29 |
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