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The Impact of Just-in-time Information on Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Discharges

NCT01091688 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 229

Last updated 2015-07-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

We, the investigators, will provide "Just-in-Time" information, physician educational material, to primary care pediatricians of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) graduates at the time of NICU discharge. We will follow the rate of adverse events (deaths, re-hospitalizations, emergency room visits, and missed appointments) for 6 months after NICU discharge. We will assess levels of physician comfort in caring for NICU specific diseases, as well as physician satisfaction with the discharge process. We hypothesize that the provision of "Just-in-Time" information will decrease the rate of adverse events, and make physicians more comfortable in caring for complicated NICU graduates, and more satisfied with the discharge process.

Conditions

  • Patient Discharge

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Just-in-Time information

Infants and physicians assigned to the intervention group will receive Just-in-Time information at the time of NICU discharge, by email and facsimile, and the parents will receive a copy to bring to their first clinic appointment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

    collaborator FED

  • Virginia Moyer

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Virginia A Moyer, MD, MPH · Baylor College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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