Outcomes in the Palm of Your Hand: Improving the Quality and Continuity of Patient Care

Computers, Handheld Clinical Trial

Official title:

Outcomes in the Palm of Your Hand: Improving the Quality and Continuity of Patient Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00314730
• Other study ID #: 16402
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 13, 2006
• Last updated: April 18, 2007
• Start date: May 2006
• Est. completion date: June 2007

Study information

• Verified date: April 2007
• Source: University of Toronto
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Ethics Review Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the usability of personal digital assistants (PDAs) by nurses for collecting, utilizing and communicating patient health information, and the feasibility of using PDAs to increase nurses' access to and utilization of best-practice guidelines.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 400
• Est. completion date: June 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Nurses are eligible to participate if they work on a participating unit, 20 or more hours/week

• Patients are eligible if they are being cared for on a participating unit, are able to provide informed consent in English, and are able to answer questions about their daily activities and symptoms (pain, nausea, dyspnea, fatigue.)

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Computers, Handheld
• Outcomes Assessment, Patient

Intervention

Device:
• handheld Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Mount Sinai Hospital	Toronto	Ontario
Canada	St. Joseph's Health Center	Toronto	Ontario
Canada	University Health Network	Toronto	Ontario

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Toronto	Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	nursing communication and coordination
Primary	patient functional status
Primary	patient symptoms (pain, nausea, dyspnea, fatigue)
Primary	patient therapeutic self care