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Ostrobothnia Digital Clinic Experiment

NCT06904469 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 170306

Last updated 2025-08-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomized controlled trial (RCT) examines the impacts of a publicly provided digital clinic that offers digital primary care services to consumers. This intervention grants access to a public digital clinic that provides chat-based primary care consultations via a mobile phone application and website, including care needs assessment, diagnoses, follow-up care recommendations, and prescriptions. The digital clinic supplements traditional public primary care services, including in-person visits and phone consultations. The trial takes place in Ostrobothnia, Finland, a healthcare district serving a population of 178,000 residents. The investigators will randomize access to the digital clinic at the household level, providing access to 50% of the households. By doing so, the investigators aim to evaluate whether digital services can substitute for, complement, or increase the utilization of traditional primary care, particularly in-person visits or calls to traditional clinics. At the end of the nine-month trial, access to the digital clinic will be expanded to the entire population.

Conditions

  • Primary Care Provider

Interventions

OTHER

Access to a digital clinic

This intervention grants access to a digital clinic that provides chat-based primary care consultations via phone application and website.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aalto University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Turku

    collaborator OTHER

  • Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Mika T Kortelainen, PhD · University of Turku and Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-15
Primary Completion
2026-01-14
Completion
2026-01-14

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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