Integrating Targeted MedlinePlus Health Prescriptions Into Clinic Practice Workflow

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Conditions studied: Allergic Rhinitis, Asthma, Back Pain, Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, Bursitis, Depression, Anxiety, Diabetes Mellitus, Esophageal Reflux, HIV Infections, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Insomnia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Obesity, Osteoporosis (Senile), Shoulder Pain, Sinusitis, Symptomatic Menopause, Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Tract Infection, Vaginitis

In brief

The specific aim of this proposed project is to implement a standard process for integrating MedlinePlus health information prescriptions into the clinic workflow. Hypothesis 1: Individuals in the intervention group who receive tailored email health information with provider selected MedlinePlus links and added commentary for patient specific conditions will be more likely to seek information / use MedlinePlus compared with individuals in the control group. Hypothesis 2: Individuals in the intervention group who receive tailored email health information with provider selected MedlinePlus links and added commentary for patient specific conditions will be more satisfied with the information received compared with individuals in the control group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00634608

Run by

University of Missouri-Columbia

People needed

224

Starts

2008-02-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-09-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• To be included in the study population, patients must also be seen by their physician for one of the 21 target health conditions (Allergic Rhinitis, Asthma, Back Pain, Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, Bursitis, Depression/Anxiety, Diabetes Mellitus, Esophageal Reflux, HIV, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Insomnia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Obesity, Osteoporosis (senile), Shoulder Pain, Sinusitis, Symptomatic Menopause, Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Tract Infection, Vaginitis) and be willing to provide an email address.
• Patients will be included only once.
• All patients in the intervention and the control group will receive the survey.
• All physicians and staff at the Fairview Clinic and HIV Clinic will be invited to complete the physician or staff survey.

You may not qualify if…

• No email address

Where it is running

• University of Missouri, Department of Internal Medicine — Columbia, Missouri, United States

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