Clinical trial NCT06604559: The Effect of Patient Discharge From the Maternal and Fetal Medicine Unit With Receiving a Discharge Letter Later Using the Apollo App on Discharge Data, Safety and Patient Satisfaction
Official title: The Effect of Patient Discharge From the Maternal and Fetal Medicine Unit With Receiving a Discharge Letter Later Using the Apollo App on Discharge Data, Safety and Patient Satisfaction - a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Patient Satisfaction
Health Care Utilization
Lead sponsor: The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2024-09-19
Enrollment: 140
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: Women admitted to the maternal and fetal medicine unit are often discharged after a short hospital stay. The routine work in the department is prioritized such that the discharge letter are written. In the last year the Apollo mobile application (app) was introduced. It contains general information on the medical center and the maternal and fetal unit department as well as the medical records, laboratory results and summary and discharge letters. The Apollo app is used in the maternal and fetal unit in the discharge process so the patient can receive the discharge letter in the app and does not need to wait until the discharge letter is written.

It is not known whether this process is more effective than the regular discharge process and patients' satisfaction was not assessed previously.

In the present study we will compare discharge data, satisfaction and safety of discharging using the Apollo app versus the routine process.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Women who are admitted to the maternal and fetal medicine unit with the intention to be discharged before delivery
* 18 years old and older
* Consent to participate
* Owner of a smart phone
* Consent to download the Apollo app

Exclusion Criteria:

* Delivery during her admission
* Doesn't own a smart phone
* Refusal to download to Apollo app
* Refusal to participate

Primary outcomes:
measure: The mean time needed from discharge decision until the actual discharge
timeFrame: up to 24 hours from discharge decision
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Satisfaction rate from the discharge method
timeFrame: Within a week following discharge from the department
measure: The rate of participants with any technical difficulties to receive the discharge letter and reasons
timeFrame: Within a week following discharge from the department using a questionnaire
measure: The rate of participants with missed information that required the patient to seek medical help
timeFrame: Within a week following discharge from the department using a questionnaire
measure: The rate of participants with discrepancies between the discharge recommendations written in the final discharge letter and the "Form for discharge and consent to receive a discharge letter, using application" and details regarding the discripancies
timeFrame: Within a week following discharge from the department
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Tiberias
country: Israel
facility: Tzafon Medical center, Poriya
state: North
Study officials:
References: