SMS-Based Follow-Ups to Improve Post-Discharge Surgical Outcomes
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Surgical Site Infection
In brief
The purpose of this study is to determine whether low-cost Short Message Service (SMS)-based follow-up medication reminders and surveys for surgical site infection (SSI) reporting can improve outcomes by increasing medication adherence and earlier detection and care of SSI. This will be a prospective study involving enrollment of patients onto the Memora Health platform, a web application developed for automating SMS content to patients. Post-operative patients will be identified by providers and enrolled prior to discharge, after which they will be followed for 3 months. Primary endpoints include medication adherence and patient satisfaction with the text messaging tool. Secondary endpoints include early detection of SSIs, patient satisfaction with overall post-discharge care and health-related quality of life, and pertinent 30-day readmissions.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03161262
- Run by
- Emory University
- People needed
- 235
- Starts
- 2017-06-09
- Expected to finish
- 2019-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-05-13
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patient has a working cell phone that can send and receive SMS/Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) over the next three months
- Patient has a working cell phone with a camera
- Being able to read and write fluently in English
- All patients identified in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) with International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes for patients who underwent procedures with external wounds and can be at risk of surgical site infection (SSI). Only patients falling under the categories of 'Major Diagnostic' and 'Major Therapeutic' will be considered.
You may not qualify if…
- Patient deceased prior to discharge
- Patient transferred to another hospital
- Patient has a terminal illness with less than 3-month expected survival
- Vulnerable populations including patients who are in the middle of a pregnancy or prisoners
Where it is running
- Grady Health System — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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