Comparison of Telemedicine Versus Traditional Practice in a University Health Center

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Health Service Research on Telemedicine
• Interventions: Other: Traditional versus Telemedicine office visit

• Registration Number: NCT01787422
• Lead Sponsor: Arizona State University

Brief Summary

This study is to determine if telemedicine visits provide similar quality and patient/physician satisfaction as traditional office visits in a college health population.

Detailed Description

This study which is open to students at Arizona State University who require follow-up care after their visit to ASU Health Services. Patients who are seen by a Mayo Clinic physician working at the ASU Health Services are randomized to either be seen for followup at the health center with the same physician or seen at the health center by the same physician at Mayo clinic utilizing telemedicine.

After the visit, patients and the physician will fill out an patient satisfaction survey and the record will be reviewed by an independent investigator for determining quality of care by reviewing the record.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-02
• Study First Submitted: 2013-02-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-02-06
• Study First Posted: 2013-02-08
• Status Verified: 2018-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-01-23
• Study Completion: 2018-01-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-01-24
• Last Update Posted: 2018-01-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Arizona State University students who require a follow-up care visit.
• ages 18 and above

Exclusion Criteria

• patients who are medically unstable to be randomized to a telemedicine visit.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Traditional Visit	Traditional versus Telemedicine office visit	Patients who are seen in followup with a traditional in-office visit.
Telemedicine Visit	Traditional versus Telemedicine office visit	Patients who are seen by use of an off-site telemedicine physician.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of care score between the two groups	At the 24 hour visit	Using a independent quality assessor, each visit whether telemedicine will give a quality score based on adequacy of care, ability to examine/determine the diagnosis based on the documented care in the record.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Arizona State University Health Services; 🇺🇸 Tempe, Arizona, United States