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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

No phase Interventional Patient Satisfaction Health Care Utilization

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In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Discharge using Apollo application, Regular discharge.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Patient Satisfaction, Health Care Utilization. Basic parameters: from 18 years · Female.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Israel
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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

Overview

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.

Interventions

  • Other Discharge using Apollo application
    Discharge using Apollo application
  • Other Regular discharge
    Discharge with the regular process

Primary outcome measures

  • The mean time needed from discharge decision until the actual discharge [Time frame: up to 24 hours from discharge decision]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
  • Satisfaction rate from the discharge method [Time frame: Within a week following discharge from the department]
  • The rate of participants with any technical difficulties to receive the discharge letter and reasons [Time frame: Within a week following discharge from the department using a questionnaire]
  • The rate of participants with missed information that required the patient to seek medical help [Time frame: Within a week following discharge from the department using a questionnaire]
  • 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 [Time frame: Within a week following discharge from the department]

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

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Health services research

Study locations

Israel · 1 center
  • Tzafon Medical center, Poriya — Tiberias

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06604559 · 55-24-POR

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗