The Effect of Patient Discharge From the Maternal and Fetal Medicine Unit With Receiving a Discharge Letter Later Using the Apollo App on Discharge Data, Safety and Patient Satisfaction

NCT06604559 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 55-24-POR
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 140
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Women admitted to the maternal and fetal medicine unit are often discharged after a short hospital stay. The routine work in the department is prioritized such that the discharge letter are written. In the last year the Apollo mobile application (app) was introduced. It contains general information on the medical center and the maternal and fetal unit department as well as the medical records, laboratory results and summary and discharge letters. The Apollo app is used in the maternal and fetal unit in the discharge process so the patient can receive the discharge letter in the app and does not need to wait until the discharge letter is written. It is not known whether this process is more effective than the regular discharge process and patients' satisfaction was not assessed previously. In the present study we will compare discharge data, satisfaction and safety of discharging using the Apollo app versus the routine process.

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction; Health Care Utilization

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The mean time needed from discharge decision until the actual discharge

  up to 24 hours from discharge decision

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Satisfaction rate from the discharge method

  Within a week following discharge from the department

• The rate of participants with any technical difficulties to receive the discharge letter and reasons

  Within a week following discharge from the department using a questionnaire

• The rate of participants with missed information that required the patient to seek medical help

  Within a week following discharge from the department using a questionnaire

• The rate of participants with discrepancies between the discharge recommendations written in the final discharge letter and the "Form for discharge and consent to receive a discharge letter, using application" and details regarding the discripancies

  Within a week following discharge from the department

Study Arms (2)

Application discharge

EXPERIMENTAL

The discharge is conditional on the approval of a senior physician or the attending physician in charge. The participant will sign on a "Form for discharge and consent to receive a discharge letter, using the "Apollo" application" in which the discharge process, recommendations and contact information of the department are described. Thereafter, the patient will be discharge home and the discharge letter will be available in the app once it is written. The participant is guided to contact the department, in case the discharge letter is not received in the application up to 24 hours after discharge.

Other: Discharge using Apollo application

Regular discharge

OTHER

The discharge is conditional on the approval of a senior physician or the attending physician in charge. The patient will go home only after the discharge letter is written.

Other: Regular discharge

Interventions

Discharge using Apollo application OTHER

Discharge using Apollo application

Application discharge

Regular discharge OTHER

Discharge with the regular process

Regular discharge

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Women who are admitted to the maternal and fetal medicine unit with the intention to be discharged before delivery
• years old and older
• Consent to participate
• Owner of a smart phone
• Consent to download the Apollo app

You may not qualify if:

• Delivery during her admission
• Doesn't own a smart phone
• Refusal to download to Apollo app
• Refusal to participate

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya: lead

Study Sites (1)

Tzafon Medical center, Poriya

Tiberias, North, 15208, Israel

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction; Patient Acceptance of Health Care

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Enav Yefet

CONTACT

972-46652306; enavy1@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 11, 2024
• First Posted: September 19, 2024
• Study Start: November 30, 2024
• Primary Completion: August 5, 2025
• Study Completion: September 5, 2025
• Last Updated: September 19, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

IL (1)