Virtual Visits at Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Conditions
- Diabetes MellitusStrokeBPHHeart FailureHypertensionHyperlipidemia
- Interventions
- Other: Virtual Visit
- Registration Number
- NCT03592355
- Lead Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Brief Summary
Clinicians slated for virtual visit rollout will be randomized (stratified by department) to either receive immediate virtual visit on-boarding (intervention arm) or delayed (3-months later) virtual visit on-boarding (control arm). The investigators plan to enroll no more than 200 clinicians.
Any clinician in a department selected by the Brigham Health Virtual Care team for access to virtual visits is eligible, unless s/he saw less than 20 patients monthly over the last 6 months.
The Brigham Health Virtual Care team will onboard all clinicians and provide virtual visit support as per their usual protocol. The primary study endpoint is third-available appointment, a well-adopted measure of access. Other secondary endpoints revolve around continuity, efficiency, utilization, safety, cost, and patient experience.
- Detailed Description
If enrolled in the intervention arm, the following steps will occur:
* The clinician will receive the intervention arm follow-up email ("Follow-up Email - Intervention" in the Appendix).
* The Brigham Health Virtual Care team will work with the clinician toward immediate on-boarding (software training, hardware setup, technical support) as per their usual process.
* The clinician will schedule virtual visits as s/he and/or her/his department see fit. Virtual visits occur on an already-in-use Partners- and Brigham-approved video platform (attached).
If enrolled in the control arm, the following steps will occur:
* The clinician will receive the control arm follow-up email ("Follow-up Email - Control" in the Appendix).
* Three months from the time of the follow-up email, the Brigham Health Virtual Care team will work with the clinician toward immediate on-boarding (software training, hardware setup, technical support) as per their usual process.
* The clinician will schedule virtual visits as s/he and/or her/his department see fit. Virtual visits occur on an already-in-use Partners- and Brigham-approved video platform (attached).
The investigators plan to follow patients of both clinician cohorts for a total of 6-months. The investigators will perform retrospective review of patient electronic health records and patients will receive a redcap survey (attached), an evaluation mechanism already employed by the Virtual Care team.
Again, aside from the initial randomization and retrospective data collection and analysis, all of the above would have occurred irrespective of this research protocol.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 77
- Clinician whose department is chosen for virtual visit rollout
- Clinician who saw on average fewer than 20 patients monthly over the past 6 months
- Clinician who opts out of virtual visits
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention Virtual Visit If enrolled in the intervention arm, the following steps will occur: * The Brigham Health Virtual Care team will work with the clinician toward immediate on-boarding (software training, hardware setup, technical support) as per their usual process. * The clinician will schedule virtual visits as s/he and/or her/his department see fit. Virtual visits occur on an already-in-use Partners- and Brigham-approved video platform.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Days until third available appointment Through study completion, an average of 6 months Number of days until the third available routine appointment, obtained at 12 o'clock each Friday (embargoed appointments not included). The mean of all of the weeks is a clinician's average number of days until the third available routine appointment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of inpatient admissions Through study completion, an average of 6 months Number of inpatient admissions
Frequency of visits with the usual provider of care Through study completion, an average of 6 months Ratio of the number of visits to the most frequently seen provider to the total number of visits to all providers obtained each month. The mean of all of the months is a clinician's ratio.
Visit time Through study completion, an average of 6 months In-person: face time with patient per pertinent EHR fields, obtained each week. The mean of all of the weeks is a clinician's visit time.
Virtual: enter virtual waiting room to video stops, obtained each week. The mean of all of the weeks is a clinician's visit time.Clinician volume per day Through study completion, an average of 6 months Patients seen per day, all calculated at the end of the study.
Number of labs ordered Through study completion, an average of 6 months Number of laboratory studies ordered
Days until first available appointment Through study completion, an average of 6 months Number of days until the next available routine appointment, obtained at 12 o'clock each Friday (embargoed appointments not included). The mean of all of the weeks is a clinician's average number of days until the next available routine appointment.
Clinician volume per hour Through study completion, an average of 6 months Patients seen per hour, calculated at the end of the study.
Number of specialist visits Through study completion, an average of 6 months Number of specialist visits
Continuity of care index Through study completion, an average of 6 months The number of visits to each individual physician divided by the total number of visits the patient had overall obtained each month. The mean of all of the months is the continuity of care index
Clinician volume per 6 months Through study completion, an average of 6 months Patients seen per 6 months, all calculated at the end of the study.
Patient Experience Sent electronically within 1 week of the in-person or virtual visit Brigham Health Virtual Care team survey sent to participating patients
Future capacity: percentage of open appointment slots Through study completion, an average of 6 months Percentage of appointment slots that are open and available for booking patients over the next four weeks, obtained at 12 o'clock each Friday (embargoed appointments not included). The mean of all of the weeks is a clinician's future capacity.
Slot utilization Through study completion, an average of 6 months Ratio of used slots to total slots, obtained each week. The mean of all of the weeks is a clinician's slot utilization.
Number of emergency department visits Through study completion, an average of 6 months Number of emergency department visits
Number of medications prescribed Through study completion, an average of 6 months Number of medications prescribed
No show rate Through study completion, an average of 6 months Ratio of the number of no-show visits to total visit slots obtained each week. The mean of all of the weeks is a clinician's no show rate.
Clinician volume per month Through study completion, an average of 6 months Patients seen per month, all calculated at the end of the study.
Number of primary care visits Through study completion, an average of 6 months Number of primary care visits
Number of imaging studies Through study completion, an average of 6 months Number of imaging studies ordered
Revenue from virtual or in-person visit Through study completion, an average of 6 months Revenue garnered by an individual clinician for her/his clinical activity, calculated per hour and per 6 months (denominator: total clinical hours worked).
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Brigham and Women's Hospital
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States