An Electronic Multimedia Discharge Application

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hospital Inpatients

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the addition of a mobile or web based multimedia discharge application (eDischarge) to the discharge process is effective in improving patient experience, engagement, and clinical outcomes in the early post discharge period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02752321

Run by

Northwell Health

People needed

117

Starts

2016-08-01

Expected to finish

2017-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-01-10

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Male and female patients ages 18 years and above
• Access to mobile device (phone/tablet) and/or computer at home
• Admission to Lenox Hill Hospital under the Department of Neurosurgery
• Discharge to home and rehab facilities where patients can be accessed

You may not qualify if…

• Irreversible impaired brain stem function (bilateral fixed, dilated pupils and extensor motor posturing)
• Patients not expected to survive to the 30 day visit due to co-morbidities or are Do No Resuscitate/Do Not Intubate (DNR/DNI) status prior to randomization
• Patients transferred to a different hospital service or a nursing home
• Patients on hospital precautions or suicide watch, or are deaf or blind
• Any concurrent serious illness that would interfere with the outcome assessments including hepatic, renal, gastroenterologic, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrinologic, immunologic, and hematologic disease.
• Any other condition that the investigator believes would pose a significant hazard to the subject if the investigational technology were initiated.

Where it is running

• Lenox Hill Hospital — New York, New York, United States

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