Interprofessional Relations Clinical Trial
Official title:
Value of Technology to Transfer Discharge Information
The transition from hospital to home is a high-risk period in a patient's illness. Poor communication between healthcare providers at hospital discharge is common and contributes to adverse events affecting patients after discharge. The importance of good communication at discharge will increase as more primary care providers delegate inpatient care to hospitalists. Any process that improves information transfer among providers at discharge might improve the health and safety of patients discharged from U.S. hospitals each year, and to appreciably reduce unnecessary healthcare expenditures. Information transfer among healthcare providers and their patients can be undermined because of inaccuracies, omissions, illegibility, logistical failure (e.g., information is never delivered), and delays in generation (i.e., dictation or transcription) or transmission. Root causes include recall error, increased physician workloads, interface failures (e.g., physician-clerical) and poor training of physicians in the discharge process. Many of the deficiencies in the current process of information transfer at hospital discharge could be effectively addressed by the application of information technology. The proposed study will measure the value of a software application to facilitate information transfer at hospital discharge. The study is designed to compare the benefits of discharge health information technology versus usual care in high-risk patients recently discharged from acute care hospitalization. The design is a randomized, single-blind, controlled trial. The outcomes are readmission within 6 months, adverse events, and effectiveness and satisfaction with the discharge process from the patient and physician perspectives. The cost outcome is the physician time required to use the discharge software.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 631 |
Est. completion date | August 2007 |
Est. primary completion date | August 2007 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | Both |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Inpatients at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center - Discharged by the hospitalist service or other inpatient services - High risk for poor post-discharge outcomes defined as probability of readmission (PRA) 0.4 or above Exclusion Criteria: - Less than 18 years old - Unwilling or unable to provide written consent - Life expectancy less than 6 months - Will receive outpatient care from a primary care physician who is the same as the discharging physician - Do not speak English or Spanish - Not alert and oriented when admitted - Do not have telephone for post-discharge contact - Do not reside in Central Illinois - Will be discharged to a nursing home - Previously enrolled as subjects in the trial |
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | OSF Saint Francis Medical Center | Peoria | Illinois |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) | University of Illinois at Chicago |
United States,
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Hospital Readmission, at Least One | Number of participants with at least one readmission within 6 months after discharge from index hospital visit | within 6 months after discharge | Yes |
Secondary | Patients' Perception of Discharge Process, Effectiveness, Satisfaction, Preparedness | 1 week after discharge | No | |
Secondary | Patients' Perception of Discharge Process, Satisfaction | 1 week after discharge | No | |
Secondary | Pharmacist Needed to Clarify the Discharge Prescription | 1 day after discharge | Yes | |
Secondary | Pharmacist's Satisfaction With Discharge Prescription | 1 day after discharge | No | |
Secondary | At Least One Adverse Event Within One Month After Discharge | Number of participants with at least one adverse event within one month after discharge | 1 month after discharge | Yes |
Secondary | Patient's Satisfaction With Drug Information | 1 week after discharge | No | |
Secondary | Primary Care Physician's Perception, Effectiveness | 10 days after discharge | No | |
Secondary | Primary Care Physician's Perception, Satisfaction | 10 days after discharge | No | |
Secondary | Discharge Physician Satisfaction With Discharge Process | 6 months after using discharge process | No | |
Secondary | Number of Outpatient Visits | within 6 months after discharge | No | |
Secondary | Number of Emergency Department Visits | Number of participants with at least one emergency department visit within six months after discharge | within 6 months after discharge | Yes |
Secondary | Physician Time Spent to Complete the Discharge Application | averaged over 2 years of patient enrollment | No |
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