Patient-Centered Tablets: Applications for Inpatient Admissions

Mobile Health Clinical Trial

Official title:

Tablet Computers for Hospitalized Adults: a Novel Approach to Increasing Patient Engagement With Their Electronic Personal Health Records

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02109601
• Other study ID #: 12-09854
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2013
• Est. completion date: February 2015

Study information

• Verified date: February 2020
• Source: University of California, San Francisco
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

RESEARCH QUESTION:

Are hospitalized patients able to use a tablet computer (iPad) to take brief surveys, access their patient portal (MyChart), and watch informational videos about their condition?

Description:

STUDY DESIGN:

Small pilot study evaluating pre/post impressions of information technology and the feasibility of using a tablet computer for education purposes and to complete a daily survey about preparations for discharge and post-acute care.

The study has two distinct parts. Patients will have the option to participate in either one or both parts.

PART 1: Using iPads to learn about health conditions We will enroll and randomize patients to intervention or control groups. Allocation to be intervention or control group will be determined using a computer-based random number generator. All patients will be orientated to using an iPad, asked to take a pre-use survey, will have a MyChart account set up and view EMMI modules. Intervention group patients will receive specific detailed education about how to access, navigate and use MyChart using tablets (iPads) . Control group patients will not receive this specific education about how to access, navigate and use MyChart using tablets (iPads). Both intervention and control group patients will be asked to complete a post-use survey. We will access MyChart data repositories to determine if patients continue to access their patient portal for up to 30 days after the completion of this part of the study.

PART 2: Using iPads to prepare for discharge We will enrol all eligible patients (regardless of intervention or control group status in Part 1) to complete a daily Readiness for Discharge Survey (RDS). This standardized validated survey will determine a range of discharge and post-acute issues and will be fed back to the patient's health care team. Patient demographic and clinical information will be abstracted from their medical record to determine if there are any specific issues related to specific groups of patients. Initially the RDS will be completed on a paper survey but will be eventually be administered via an iPad.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 98
• Est. completion date: February 2015
• Est. primary completion date: November 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Adult patients admitted to any service at UCSF Medical Center

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients not speaking English. Patients unable to give consent. Patients unable to safely use a tablet computer for any reason. Patients being discharged on day of approach. Patient cognitively impaired and unable to give consent. Patient in ICU. Patient in some form of droplet isolation.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mobile Health

Intervention

Other:
• Extensive bedside training for accessing patient portal
EXTENSIVE bedside training from a research assistant on how to access and effectively use their patient portal.
• Limited bedside training on patient portal use.
EXTENSIVE bedside training from a research assistant on how to access and effectively use their patient portal.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of California San Francisco Medical Center (Moffitt-Long Hospital)	San Francisco	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, San Francisco

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Patient Portal Usage	Effects of iPad intervention to improve patient access to their patient portal will be assessed during hospitalization and for 30 days after discharge.	During and after hospitalization (up to 30 days)