A Quality Improvement Emergency Department Surge Management Platform (SurgeCon): Protocol for a Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial

Hensley H Mariathas   ¹ , MPhil, PhD ;   Oliver Hurley   ¹ , BSc, MEnvSc ;   Nahid Rahimipour Anaraki   ¹ , PhD ;   Christina Young   ¹ , PhD ;   Christopher Patey   ^{2, 3} , MD ;   Paul Norman   ³ , BN ;   Kris Aubrey-Bassler   ² , MD, MSc ;   Peizhong Peter Wang   ^{2, 4} , MD, MPH, PhD ;   Veeresh Gadag   ⁵ , MSc, MPhil, PhD ;   Hai V Nguyen   ⁶ , PhD ;   Holly Etchegary   ² , PhD ;   Farah McCrate   ⁷ , PhD ;   John C Knight   ^{2, 8} , PhD ;   Shabnam Asghari   ¹ , MD, MPH, PhD

¹ Centre for Rural Health Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada

² Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada

³ Eastern Health, Carbonear Institute for Rural Reach and Innovation by the Sea, Carbonear General Hospital, Carbonear, NL, Canada

⁴ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada

⁶ School of Pharmacy, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada

⁷ Department of Research and Innovation, Eastern Health, St. John's, NL, Canada

⁸ Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information, St. John's, NL, Canada