Barriers and Facilitators of Key Stakeholders to Implement Remote Monitoring Technologies: a Mixed-methods Analysis

COVID-19 Clinical Trial

Official title:

Barriers and Facilitators of Key Stakeholders in Implementing Remote Monitoring Technologies: a Mixed-methods Analysis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05321004
• Other study ID #: 20IC6331
• Status: Completed
• Start date: March 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Imperial College London
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Advancements in digital technologies alongside the global pandemic of COVID-19 have accelerated the adoption of novel healthcare pathways worldwide, with healthcare delivery transitioning beyond the traditional face-to-face model. Telemedicine has gained long over- due exposure during a complicated crisis; as the number of cases continue to grow with second waves predicted, digital modalities have become critical in moderating exposure risk to healthcare staff, reducing community spread, and delivering quality healthcare remotely for exposed or infected individuals.

Remote monitoring solutions are being established internationally to allow individuals to continue living at home rather than in expensive hospital facilities using non-invasive digital technologies (such as wearable sensors) to collect health data, support health provider assessment and clinical decision making.

With the advances in technology miniaturisation, sensors have become increasingly portable, unobtrusive, lightweight, and waterproof, offering an emerging solution to continuous remote monitoring of vital signs. It is predicated that continuous monitoring allows for early recognition of clinical deterioration, and through digital alerting, offers an opportunity for earlier clinical intervention, improving patient care and patient outcomes.

Within the United Kingdom (UK), widespread digital transformations are facilitated by NHS digital, a non-departmental public body created by statute, delivering large health informatics programmes. As such, this study aims to investigate key stakeholder perspectives on an organisational level of implementing remote monitoring solutions, given the pandemic, in the National Health Service (NHS), identifying factors that could affect successful execution and adoption.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 18
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: August 1, 2023
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• A mixed methods approach will be implemented: semi-structured interviews will be conducted with high level stake holders from industry, academia, and healthcare providers who have played an instrumental role with prior experience of implementing digital solutions.

Exclusion Criteria:

• not able to provide informed consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• COVID-19

Intervention

Other:
• Semi-structured interviews will be conducted - there will be no intervention.
The use of semi structured interviews and questionnaires

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Imperial College London	London

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Imperial College London

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Validated TAM (technology acceptance model) questionnaire	Liberty scale questionnaire responses	1 year
Primary	Thematic analysis	Semi structured interviews using a predetermined topic guide on questions relating to barriers and facilitators	1 year