Recruiting

Bedside Notes

Sponsor:

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Code:

NCT06722378

Conditions

Hospitalized Child

Pediatric Patient Safety

Medical Errors

Parental Engagement in Care

Inpatient Pediatric Care

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Access to medical notes

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will test if giving parents access to their child's medical notes on a bedside tablet:

  • helps them get more involved in their care
  • helps identify safety concerns

Parents of hospitalized children will be randomly assigned to either use the Bedside Notes tool or follow usual care.

To see if this approach improves care and safety, researchers will measure:

  • note access
  • parent-reported safety concerns
  • overall experiences

Conditions

Hospitalized Child

Pediatric Patient Safety

Medical Errors

Parental Engagement in Care

Inpatient Pediatric Care

Study ID

NCT06722378

Start date

Apr 1, 2025

Status verified date

Dec, 2025

Completion date

Apr, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2029

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • English and Spanish-speaking parents or guardians of children under 12 years old who were hospitalized on a general pediatric service at one of the 3 centers
  • Age 18 and over

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Parents of children 12 years of age and older
  • Parents unable to give written informed consent
  • Parents of children admitted for suspected abuse or neglect
  • Anticipated discharge within 24 hours

Study Design

Enrollment

630 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Access to notes on a tablet

Participants will be provided a tablet and will be able to access their child's medical notes while in the hospital.

no intervention: Care as usual

Participants will not have access to a table to view their child's medical notes while in the hospital.

Interventions

Access to medical notes

Inpatient notes shared in real-time on a hospital-owned bedside tablet linked to their child's records.

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of notes accessed [ Time Frame: Duration of study participation, 2 to 7 days ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Michelle Kelly, MD, PhD

(608) 265-5545michelle.kelly@wisc.edu

Amanda Gatewood

akgatewood@pediatrics.wisc.edu

Locations

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027

American Family Children's Hospital

Recruiting

Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792

Principal Investigator:

Michelle Kelly, MD, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Last update posted

Dec 18, 2025

Last verified

Dec, 2025

Keywords

  • Family-Centered Care
  • Electronic Health Records (EHR)
  • Safety Reporting
  • Parent Note Access
  • Quality Improvement

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Wisconsin, Madison on 2025-12-18.