NCT03431259

Inpatient Enrollment of Patient Portal App

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 18 November 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Patient Gateway in Orthopedic Disorder in 232 participants. Completed in 1 August 2020.

Timeline

5 February 2018

Primary endpoint
1 August 2020

1 August 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Massachusetts General Hospital
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	232
Start date	5 February 2018
Primary completion	1 August 2020
Estimated completion	1 August 2020
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Patient Gateway

Conditions studied

• Orthopedic Disorder — all drugs for Orthopedic Disorder →

Sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Orthopedic Disorder. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Return to Clinic Primary · 3 months postoperative

The number of patients enrolled who return to clinic for a followup visit at 3 months postop. It will be a count and proportion of the occurrence of a patient returning to clinic for followup

Group	Value	95% CI
Enrollment Group	97
Information Group	93

Use of Any the Patient Gateway Portal at 3 Months Primary · 3 months postoperative

The number of patients who used the patient gateway portal for any purpose at 3 months. This will be a count of participants.

Group	Value	95% CI
Enrollment Group	70
Information Group	19

Sponsor's own description

This study aims to determine if inpatient enrollment into a patient communication app improves clinic follow-up of orthopedic trauma patients and improves survey completion rates after orthopedic trauma.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. In-hospital Enrollment Into an Electronic Patient Portal Results in Improved Follow-up After Orthopedic Surgery: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Bhashyam AR, Bansal M, McGovern MM, van der Vliet QMJ, et al · · 2022 · cited 5× · PMID 35969452 · DOI 10.2196/37148