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Patient and Caregiver Participation Through an Educational Health Information Technology System ("BMT Roadmap") in the Context of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

NCT03161665 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2017-12-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Hematopoietic cell transplantation (BMT), or commonly referred to as blood and marrow transplantation (BMT), is a potentially life-saving therapy for many malignant and non-malignant conditions. Despite advances over the past decade, which have led to improved outcomes, BMT remains an intense treatment modality often requiring prolonged inpatient--based care. While many patients endure the acute complications of the procedure, it is common for BMT patients and their caregivers to experience increased risk of financial and emotional burden, hospital readmission, and health service utilization. This highlights the importance of active involvement of BMT patients in their own health care (self--efficacy).

Given the intense nature of BMT, however, caregivers also play a critical role in the process and are a necessary component of proceeding with transplant. As such, caregiver activation on behalf of the patient plays a critical role in effective patient--caregiver-provider partnerships, which is increasingly recognized as the optimal model for health care delivery, particularly for those facing life--altering medical treatments. It is essential to develop effective strategies to enhance this partnership. Health information technology (IT)-mediated tools offer the potential to overcome constraints in health care delivery limited by provider time, complicated health information, and financial pressures. Significant gaps in knowledge exist on the use of health IT tools using low- cost and well- accepted delivery platforms in routine inpatient care, especially for high- risk or critically ill populations. We hypothesize that a tablet--based tool displaying personal health information could provide a platform to promote caregiver activation and enhance health communication.

Conditions

  • Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT)

Interventions

OTHER

BMT Roadmap

The BMT Roadmap is a health IT System that has been developed for use on the Apple iPad® to give the patient and caregivers easy access to test results, current treatment and contact information to hopefully increase active participation and engagement in transplant care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sung Choi, M.D., M.S. · University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-14
Primary Completion
2017-01-06
Completion
2017-01-06

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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