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NCT07636187
Preventive Reminder Ordering AssistanCe Via Texting for Improved Visit Encounters
Conditions: Behavior, Health
Sex: All
Ages: 18 Years – N/A
Healthy volunteers: No
Phase: NA
Enrollment: 16416
Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
Location: University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Summary
A substantial portion of the United States population remains overdue for key screenings, despite availability and insurance coverage of preventive health services. Barriers for completion and remaining up to date with screening include patients not remaining actively engaged with their care team, time constraints during office visits, and operational strain. This project aims to implement and evaluate a primary care visit-based program that harmonizes multiple preventive health and chronic disease management care gaps, reduces staff burden, and improves ordering and subsequent patient follow through on completion of overdue care gaps.
In this study, the investigators will evaluate nudges to clinicians and patients to help increase screening completion for multiple care gaps identified as high priority by primary care, including imaging (Mammogram, DEXA) and labs (Diabetes Management (Hemoglobin A1C, Basic Metabolic Panel, and Urine Microalbumin), Hepatitis C, and Lipids). This will be a 6 month, stepped-wedge, pragmatic trial conducted at Penn Medicine.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
All patients must meet the following criteria to be eligible:
1. 18 years or older
2. A scheduled new or return (non-urgent/sick) primary care visit at one of the study practices
3. Overdue for at least one of the included care gaps according to Health Maintenance: Mammogram, DEXA, Hemoglobin A1C, Basic Metabolic Panel, Urine Microalbumin, Lipids, Hepatitis C
4. Last eligible office visit was greater than or equal to 3 months ago
Exclusion Criteria:
As this trial is integrated with routine clinical operations, there will be no exclusion criteria. However, for each care gap independently, we will exclude all patient visits throughout the remaining trial duration after the patient's first eligible office visit within the trial duration. In other words, each patient will contribute data from at most one eligible office visit.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07636187). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.