Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Code:

NCT00251875

Conditions

Diabetes

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

online health information journal

Study Details

Brief summary:

The study uses a randomized, prospective cohort design to assess the impact of shared online health records on 1) patient safety, 2) health goal adherence and outcomes, 3) documentation of family history, and 4) barriers to the adoption of patient-physician communication technology.

Hypothesis: the respective interventions will result in 1) improved patient safety 2) greater adherence to health care maintenance and chronic disease guidelines 3) more accurate documentation of family history 4) the identification of technology adoption enablers and barriers.

Conditions

Diabetes

Study ID

NCT00251875

Start date

Jul, 2005

Status verified date

Nov, 2005

Completion date

Sep, 2007

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All patients, who are enrolled in Patient Gateway, of physicians and practices participating in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any patients who are not enrolled in Patient Gateway or do not belong to a participating practice.

Study Design

Enrollment

5400 participants

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

online health information journal

Primary outcome measure

  • 1. ADEs [ Time Frame: undefined ]
  • 2. duration of ameliorable medication side effects [ Time Frame: undefined ]
  • 3. health goal adherence rates [ Time Frame: undefined ]
  • 4. diabetes outcomes [ Time Frame: undefined ]
  • 5. familial risk factor documentation rates [ Time Frame: undefined ]
  • 6. user satisfaction surveys [ Time Frame: undefined ]
  • 7. user metrics [ Time Frame: undefined ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Alexandra Businger

abusinger@partners.org

Locations

Bulfinch Medical Group

Recruiting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114

Charlestown Health Center

Recruiting

Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States, 02129

Brigham & Women's Hospital Women's Health Center

Recruiting

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States, 02467

Brigham & Women's Hospital at Norwood

Recruiting

Norwood, Massachusetts, United States, 02062

More Information

Sponsor

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Last update posted

Nov 11, 2005

Last verified

Nov, 2005

Keywords

  • patient portals
  • electronic health records
  • family history
  • health maintenance
  • medications
  • diabetes

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on 2005-11-11.