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Utility Analysis of an Endoscopy Follow-up System

NCT01172080 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 830

Last updated 2018-03-19

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Summary

Although systems are in place to ensure results of tests are communicated to patients, there is currently no generalized accepted strategy to ensure that patients undergo recommended follow-up testing. When follow-up tests are recommended months to years into the future, there is a high likelihood that the test will either be delayed or not performed resulting in the potential for poor outcomes and litigation. For this reason, there is a clear need for systems to be developed which automatically trigger patient communication when the date of a recommended follow-up test is approaching. The investigators propose to design a protocol for ensuring that patients are reminded to schedule follow-up tests and that this communication is documented in the online medical record. This work will provide the foundation for the creation of systems that significantly improve patient care, and can be easily adapted for use in many clinical departments and institutions.

Aim 1. To use patient focus groups to help design a system for improving adherence to endoscopy follow up recommendations

Aim 2. To develop a prototype endoscopy follow up system and test the effectiveness of the system on a cohort of patients due for a surveillance colonoscopy.

Conditions

  • Colonoscopy Adherence

Interventions

OTHER

protocol of reminders regarding due colonoscopy

Participants receive two standardized letters followed by a phone call if they have not scheduled or completed their upcoming due colonoscopy

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-04-30
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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