Text Messaging Follow-up From ED

Status Withdrawn

Clinical Trial Summary

Ensuring follow-up for patients after discharge from the emergency department (ED) has long been a concern for ED care providers. The current technology of text messaging may be able to assist us in improving follow-up rates. In addition, having a quick and easy communication tool to be in touch with providers may improve overall patient satisfaction. This study is designed to evaluate the usage of text messaging to improve follow-up appointment compliance from the Emergency Department. In this study, a prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be performed (involving patients scheduled by Emergency Department Nurse Navigators to follow up with Family Medicine) in which patients will be randomized to a texting appointment reminder versus standard-of-care (no texting reminder) group. Texted patients will receive reminders 3 days and 1 day prior to their follow-up appointment. In addition, the patients will have the ability to text back-and-forth with the Nurse Navigators in order to ask questions/request clarification if needed. Chart review will be performed of both groups to evaluate the number of follow-up appointments that patients attended versus rescheduled versus did not attend/reschedule. These values will then be compared to the retrospective chart review previously performed to evaluate for non-inferiority of text messaging as a means of improving patient attendance at follow-up appointments.

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Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Text Messaging

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03370978
Study type	Interventional
Source	University of Iowa
Contact
Status	Withdrawn
Phase	N/A
Start date	May 1, 2019
Completion date	May 1, 2020

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