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Virtual Continuity and Its Impact on Complex Hospitalized Patients' Care

NCT01397253 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 835

Last updated 2015-04-16

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Summary

Communication between physicians caring for a patient in the hospital and that patient's primary care provider is less than optimal, and can lead to diminished health care quality and safety. This project will lead to better communication between physicians and could decrease medication errors that tend to occur as the patient goes from hospital to home.

Conditions

  • Automated Communication Tools
  • Complex Medical Patients

Interventions

OTHER

Automated communication tools

Automated communication tools will include: * PCP notification of patient admission and location * Data on medications begun on admission * Automated alerts on changes in patient status and location while the patient is hospitalized * Links to the EMR and to hospital physician contact information on all email alerts * Real-time delivery of discharge information (medications, instructions, and follow-up) to the PCP * Automatic reporting to PCPs of test results pending at discharge * Electronic delivery of final discharge summaries

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

    collaborator FED

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kenneth J Smith, MD, MS · University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-08-31
Primary Completion
2013-01-31
Completion
2013-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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