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

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Patient Satisfaction; Health Care Utilization
• Interventions: Other: Discharge using Apollo application; Other: Regular discharge

• Registration Number: NCT06604559
• Lead Sponsor: The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Study First Submitted: 2024-08-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-09-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-09-17
• Study First Posted: 2024-09-19
• Last Update Posted: 2024-09-19
• Study Start: 2024-11-30
• Primary Completion: 2025-08-05
• Study Completion: 2025-09-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 140

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Application discharge	Discharge using Apollo application	The discharge is conditional on the approval of a senior physician or the attending physician in charge. The participant will sign on a "Form for discharge and consent to receive a discharge letter, using the "Apollo" application" in which the discharge process, recommendations and contact information of the department are described. Thereafter, the patient will be discharge home and the discharge letter will be available in the app once it is written. The participant is guided to contact the department, in case the discharge letter is not received in the application up to 24 hours after discharge.
Regular discharge	Regular discharge	The discharge is conditional on the approval of a senior physician or the attending physician in charge. The patient will go home only after the discharge letter is written.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The mean time needed from discharge decision until the actual discharge	up to 24 hours from discharge decision

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Satisfaction rate from the discharge method	Within a week following discharge from the department	Satisfaction rate from the discharge method assessment using a questionnaire
The rate of participants with any technical difficulties to receive the discharge letter and reasons	Within a week following discharge from the department using a questionnaire	The rate of participants with any technical difficulties to receive the discharge letter and reasons using a questionnaire
The rate of participants with missed information that required the patient to seek medical help	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 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	Within a week following discharge from the department

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tzafon Medical center, Poriya; 🇮🇱 Tiberias, North, Israel