Pilot Study to Improve Care Coordination

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is 1) to learn how VA patients can help share their health information between their VA providers and providers outside the VA and 2) if sharing this information is useful to providers and improves care received.

Clinical Trial Description

Recent studies estimate that 43 to 75% of Veterans also receive care from non-VA providers (dual use). Dual use is a concern because splitting care between two or more health systems and multiple providers may result in poor coordination of services and a loss of continuity -ultimately putting the patient at increased risk for poor outcomes. Addressing dual use in Veterans is an issue of care coordination. One component of care coordination is information sharing, which often relies on the patient to share information between systems/providers. Veterans registered in My HealtheVet with premium account status have access to download and print a VA health summary (VA CCD). This health summary can be shared with non-VA providers to inform them about recent VA care. This pilot randomized controlled trial will compare usual care to an intervention which aims to improve care coordination for dual use Veterans by educating them about the use of information technology to share health information and informing their providers about the extent and nature of care from other health care systems.

Methods: Dual use Veterans with at least one chronic health condition and both an upcoming VA and non-VA appointments within the study time frame will be eligible to participate. Veterans will be randomized to the intervention or usual care. Veterans in the intervention group will be trained on use of My HealtheVet and their community patient portal (if applicable) to access summary health information to share with providers. In addition, he/she will create a document that lists all members of their health care team. All participants will be asked to take a provider evaluation packet each provider visit (VA and non-VA). After the visit, a phone call will be scheduled with the Veteran to ask about the appointment and medical records from the appointment will be obtained. Outcomes: The main outcomes will be related to patient perceived continuity of care, provider relational coordination survey, medication concordance, and medical laboratory test duplication. Pre and post scores on the patient activation measures will also be explored. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT02386189
Study type	Interventional
Source	VA Office of Research and Development
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	March 2, 2015
Completion date	March 31, 2017

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