Patient-Centered Tablets: Applications for Inpatient Admissions

NCT02109601 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 12-09854
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 98
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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?

Conditions

Mobile Health

Keywords

Patient Portals; Personal Health Records; Patient Engagement; Mobile Health; Tablet Computers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 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)

Study Arms (2)

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Control patients receive iPad tablets during their hospital stay with only LIMITED bedside training from a research assistant on how to access and effectively use their patient portal.

Other: Limited bedside training on patient portal use.

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention patient receive iPad tablets during their hospital stay with EXTENSIVE bedside training from a research assistant on how to access and effectively use their patient portal.

Other: Extensive bedside training for accessing patient portal

Interventions

Extensive bedside training for accessing patient portal OTHER

EXTENSIVE bedside training from a research assistant on how to access and effectively use their patient portal.

Also known as: Apple iPad tablets, Epic MyChart patient portal

Intervention

Limited bedside training on patient portal use. OTHER

EXTENSIVE bedside training from a research assistant on how to access and effectively use their patient portal.

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adult patients admitted to any service at UCSF Medical Center

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, San Francisco: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of California San Francisco Medical Center (Moffitt-Long Hospital)

San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Greysen SR, Magan Mendoza Y, Rosenthal J, Jacolbia R, Rajkomar A, Lee H, Auerbach A. Using Tablet Computers to Increase Patient Engagement With Electronic Personal Health Records: Protocol For a Prospective, Randomized Interventional Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2016 Sep 6;5(3):e176. doi: 10.2196/resprot.4672.

  PMID: 27599452 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patient Participation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Ryan Greysen, MD

  University of California, San Francisco

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 3, 2014
• First Posted: April 10, 2014
• Study Start: November 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2014
• Study Completion: February 1, 2015
• Last Updated: February 6, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-02

Locations

US (1)