Improving Chronic Disease Care With PatientSite

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Depression, Pain, Mobility Difficulty

In brief

The overall goal of this randomized, controlled trial is to test whether educational interventions - directed toward empowering patients and delivered via the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC's) secure patient Internet portal PatientSite - can improve the outcomes and satisfaction with care of adult primary care patients with 3 common conditions: chronic pain, depression, and progressive difficulty walking.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00130416

Run by

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

People needed

750

Starts

2004-09-01

Expected to finish

2007-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-07-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Primary care patients aged 18 and older, of participating physicians within 5 internal medicine practices in Boston
• Registered users of patient-provider internet portal called PatientSite
• Screened positive for depression, chronic pain, or lower extremity mobility difficulty

You may not qualify if…

• Current treatment for screened condition by medical or surgical specialist or other appropriate licensed health professional such as a physical therapist or mental health counselor

Where it is running

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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