Pip Care to Improve Surgical Patient Outcomes

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Abdominal Surgery

In brief

Pip Care is developing a personalized, interactive surgical journey platform with a live health coach that works directly with health systems to optimize the perioperative care process. Our Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-compliant platform, Pip, can be integrated into any electronic medical record (EMR), thus alleviating the administrative burden by making operational workflows more efficient. The PIP empowers patients and their families to be more involved in their care by breaking down a patient's healthcare plan into definable, easy-to-understand, and easy-to-complete tasks. Additionally, a health coach completes a health intake to create a personalized perioperative care plan, meets regularly with the patient to encourage goal accomplishment, and facilitates care coordination. This project has 2 phases; Phase I is to assess usability of the Pip Care platform in surgical patients, Phase II is a RCT (Randomized Controlled Trial) to assess surgical clinical outcomes while using Pip compared to standard of care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06661291

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

1300

Starts

2025-10-13

Expected to finish

2028-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-10-28

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Adult patient ≥18 years old
• Planned elective, inpatient surgery between 2 to 8 weeks following enrollment in Pip within the following surgical specialties: complex abdominal surgery (general surgery, colorectal surgery, surgical oncology), gynecologic oncology, thoracic surgery, spine surgery, and orthopedic joint surgery
• Daily access to a smartphone or tablet.

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to speak English
• Unable to use a smartphone or tablet independently or with daily assistance.
• Currently pregnant (assessed via standard-of-care pre-operative workup)

Where it is running

• UPMC Jameson Hospital — New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
• UPMC East Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
• UPMC Horizon — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
• UPMC Magee Womens Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
• UPMC Presbyterian Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
• UPMC St. Margaret — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
• UPMC Shadyside Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
• UPMC Passavant Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)

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