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NCT number NCT05513235
Other study ID # Pro00109514
Secondary ID R21HS028699
Status Enrolling by invitation
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date October 6, 2022
Est. completion date June 30, 2024

Study information

Verified date June 2023
Source Duke University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)-enabled digital personal health record mobile app has the potential to enhance care coordination for families of children and youth with special healthcare needs (CYSHCN) and to inform improvements in family-centered care coordination that will be highly impactful for populations of patients with complex health needs across the age spectrum. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a digital personal health record (PHR) mobile application integrated with electronic health records by FHIR data standards to enhance care coordination for families of CYSHCN. The study will enroll 40 families (adult parents/caregivers) of CYSHCN in pediatric primary care clinics to use the digital PHR mobile application as a tool for coordinating their child's care over a 6-month period. Using a single group, non-randomized study design and convergent mixed methods analyses, the study will: (a) determine the feasibility of FHIR-enabled integration of the mobile application with electronic health records for care coordination; (b) identify barriers and facilitators to implementation in real-world settings; and (c) examine associations between level of app adoption by families and family-reported outcome measures.


Description:

Coordinating complex care across multiple providers and services can be stressful and isolating for families of children and youth with special healthcare needs (CYSHCN); thus, better care coordination solutions are needed. Digital personal health records (PHRs) that allow families to securely access, manage, and share their child's health data across multiple information and electronic health record (EHR) systems are promising solutions. Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)-an application programming interface (API) standard that represents and exchanges health information-are central to digital PHRs being able to fulfill their promise. Despite their importance, FHIR technologies are not yet widely adopted. The researchers previously collaborated with Boston Children's Hospital on development of Caremap, a FHIR-enabled digital PHR mobile app that was co-designed with families and clinicians, to coordinate care for CYSHCN. Caremap has been positively reviewed by families in preliminary testing, and this followup research will implement and evaluate the Caremap mobile app in a real-world setting. The specific aims of the study are as follows: 1. Evaluate the feasibility of a digital PHR mobile application with FHIR-enabled EHR integration to coordinate care for CYSHCN. 2. Identify barriers and facilitators of mobile app implementation via a mixed-methods evaluation. 3. Explore associations between mobile app adoption by families and family-reported outcomes. The study will enroll 40 families (adult parents/caregivers) of CYSHCN in pediatric primary care clinics to use the digital PHR mobile application as a tool for coordinating their child's care over a 6-month period. Using a mixed-methods design, researchers will evaluate quantitative feasibility data and qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with families and providers and family stakeholder engagement panels to identify implementation barriers and facilitators. Using pre/post analyses of baseline and 6-month family-reported survey measures, they will explore associations between app adoption and family-reported outcomes. If successful, the findings will support a future multisite, randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of enhanced care coordination with a digital PHR mobile app compared to usual care coordination. Due to similarities in needs between CYSHCN and adults with multiple chronic conditions, the study's findings will inform improvements in family-centered care coordination that will be highly impactful for complex populations across the age spectrum.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Enrolling by invitation
Enrollment 40
Est. completion date June 30, 2024
Est. primary completion date June 30, 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion: - Adult parent/legal guardian (age 18 or older) who is a primary caregiver for a CYSHCN aged 0-16 years - Established care for their child/youth at a participating Duke Pediatrics Primary Care clinic: North Durham, South Durham,Brier Creek or Duke Med-Peds Primary Care sites (established = one or more completed visits in the past 12 months at the clinic) - High level of complex medical needs that could benefit from additional care coordination support (determined by clinical provider at the participating clinic site) - Primary care provider enrolled in the study as a provider participant/clinical provider site champion - Active Duke MyChart (online EHR patient portal) account - Full proxy access activated/enabled for parent to the child/youth's medical record in Epic - Apple iOS device compatible with Caremap app requirements at time of consent Exclusion Criteria: - Non-English speaking - Patients living in long-term, congregate settings - e.g., living in institutionalized settings such as long-term care facility, nursing/long-term rehab facilities - Child is a ward of the state - Lacks requisite technology to access and use mobile app (e.g., device/tablet/smartphone, home internet, active Epic MyChart account) - Lack of decision-making capacity (parent/caregiver or adult patient, clinician-determined)

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Digital personal health record
The digital personal health record is a mobile application ('app') entitled Caremap. The mobile app will be downloaded and accessible by parents/caregivers to help coordinate care.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States Duke University Durham North Carolina

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Duke University Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Boston Children's Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Technical feasibility (FHIR data transfer EHR to app) Quantitative measurement of technical feasibility assessed by success rate of FHIR-enabled EHR data transfer to app Up to 6 months
Primary Technical feasibility (FHIR data transfer app to provider dashboard) Quantitative measurement of technical feasibility processes assessed by success rate of FHIR-enabled transfer of family-reported health insights from app to EHR provider dashboard Up to 6 months
Primary Implementation (feasibility) User-reported surveys of implementation outcomes assessed by the Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM), a 4-item scale that assesses whether a given method or condition can be successfully used in a specific setting. Responses to all survey items use a 5-point Likert scale from minimum 1 (completely disagree) to maximum 5 (completely agree). Higher scores are correlated with more positive responses. End of study (6 months)
Primary Implementation (acceptability) User-reported surveys of implementation outcomes assessed by the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM), a 4-item scale that assesses whether a treatment or condition is satisfactory or agreeable to stakeholders. Responses to all survey items use a 5-point Likert scale from minimum 1 (completely disagree) to maximum 5 (completely agree). Higher scores are correlated with more positive responses. End of study (6 months)
Primary Implementation (appropriateness) User-reported surveys of implementation outcomes assessed by the Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM), a 4-item scale that assesses perceived compatibility or fit of a treatment or condition for a given setting or issue. Responses to all survey items use a 5-point Likert scale from minimum 1 (completely disagree) to maximum 5 (completely agree). Higher scores are correlated with more positive responses. End of study (6 months)
Primary Change in parent/caregiver-reported degree of care integration, as measured by Pediatric Integrated Care Survey (PIC) Parent/caregiver report of experiences with care integration will be measured using the validated core 19-item PICS instrument. A composite score is calculated separately for each of the 5 survey constructs: access, communication, family impact, care goal creation, and team functioning. Baseline, 6 months
Primary Change in health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) Parent/caregiver report of child's health-related QOL using the 9-item PROMIS Global 7+2 HR-QOL instrument, as well as a 2-item instrument assessing parent/caregiver perspectives on the impact of the child's conditions on their own and the parent/caregiver's usual activities and routines Baseline, 3 months, 6 months
Primary Change in usability, as measured by the System Usability Scale (SUS) (provider) Provider report of experience and usability of the mobile app's provider dashboard using the 10-item SUS. This scale assesses participants' views of the usability of the app using a 5-point Likert scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Baseline version assesses their views on how usable they think the app will be, while the post version assesses their views on how usable the app actually was. Baseline, 6 months
Primary Net promoter score (NPS) (provider) Provider-reported degree to which they would recommend the mobile app for use by others. NPS is a single item that measures the loyalty of customers to a company. NPS scores are measured with a single-question survey and reported with a number from the range -100 to +100, a higher score is desirable. End of study (6 months)
Secondary Change in usability, as measured by the System Usability Scale (SUS) (parent/caregiver) Parent/caregiver report of experience and usability of the mobile app using the 10-item SUS. This scale assesses participants' views of the usability of the app using a 5-point Likert scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Baseline version assesses their views on how usable they think the app will be, while the post version assesses their views on how usable the app actually was. Baseline, 6 months
Secondary Change in caregiver strain, as measured by the Caregiver Strain Questionnaire (Short Form 7; CGSQ-SF7) Parent/caregiver report of degree of strain experienced as a result of their child's health with responses on a 5-point scale (1=not a problem at all; 5=very much a problem). Baseline, 3 months, 6 months
Secondary Change in confidence in avoiding hospitalization Parent/caregiver-reported confidence in ability to avoid unplanned hospitalization in the next one month Baseline, 3 months, 6 months
Secondary Net promoter score (NPS) (parent/caregiver) Parent/caregiver-reported degree to which they would recommend the mobile app for use by others. NPS is a single item that measures the loyalty of customers to a company. NPS scores are measured with a single-question survey and reported with a number from the range -100 to +100, a higher score is desirable. End of study (6 months)
Secondary Change in global health status Parent/caregiver report of their child's overall health status on a single item: 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent) numeric rating scale. Weekly, up to 6 months
Secondary Adoption (family engagement) Quantitative measurement of family engagement with the app, assessed by weekly app log-ins by families. Up to 6 months
Secondary Adoption (provider engagement) Quantitative measurement of provider engagement, assessed by count of views of EHR provider dashboard. Up to 6 months
Secondary Adoption (app prescriptions) Quantitative measurement of prescription of the app to patients, assessed by count of times mobile app prescribed by provider for use. Up to 6 months
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