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The Use of Videoconferencing for Monitoring of Patients Post Urologic Surgery

NCT02771431 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 107

Last updated 2019-08-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Our study would be the first randomized study investigating the use of video conferencing via tablet computers versus traditional bedside rounding and its effect on clinical data such as length of stay and complications as well as patient satisfaction. As technology improves, medicine has an obligation to incorporate this technology to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness. If telerounding is proven to not change outcomes or patient satisfaction, it saves time for the physician during office hours to see more patients or be productive in other ways. Telerounding could be applied in remote areas with a dearth of specialists, allowing these specialists' expertise to reach areas it could not before.

Conditions

  • Urology

Interventions

OTHER

Tele-rounding in post operative care

Both groups will receive standard of care. The only difference between these groups would be the physical presence of the attending in the room. Both groups will receive a physical exam with supervision of the attending, one group will have attending in the room and the other will have the attending present via I-pad. In both cases if there was something of concern the attending would step in for the physical exam if needed, regardless of which group they were randomized for.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Northwell Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Manish Vira, MD · Physician

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-28
Primary Completion
2018-11-13
Completion
2018-11-13

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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