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Text Message-Based Nudges Prior to Primary Care Visits to Increase Care Gap Closure

NCT05799976 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 29334

Last updated 2024-04-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Primary care visits are a key aspect of clinical care focused on helping patients to close care gaps related to preventive care such as vaccination, diabetes testing, statin therapy and cancer screening. However, less than 50% of care gaps are closed during these visits and new approaches are needed to prime patients for a discussion during these visits. In this study, the study team will evaluate a health system initiative that uses text messaging to patients in days preceding a primary care visit to prime patients to be amenable to ordering of vaccination, diabetes testing, cancer screening, and statin prescribing.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Text message nudge

The text message nudge will be sent to patients 3 days and 1 day prior to a visit with the primary care practices and notify them of up to 3 care gaps based on electronic health record data. Care gaps will be selected based on availability and ranked in this order: influenza vaccination, pneumococcal vaccination, breast cancer screening, colorectal cancer screening, hemoglobin A1 testing, or statin therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mitesh Patel

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Mitesh Patel, MD · Principal Investigator

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-09-05
Primary Completion
2023-11-09
Completion
2024-02-09

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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