Optimising health information exchange during aged care transfers for people living in Residential Aged Care (RAC)

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Medical emergencies; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12624000493549
• Lead Sponsor: Monash University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-04-22
• Last Update Posted: 26 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 350

Inclusion Criteria

Intervention will be delivered at RAC site level.
This means all residents are included from the participating site, except those residents who decide to opt out of the study.

RAC homes will be eligible for the feasibility study if they:
•Are located in the Frankston Mornington Peninsula catchment area
•Provide residential care for adults aged 65 years of age and over
•Are not involved in another research study requiring significant practice changes at the same time as the site’s scheduled feasibility trial (i.e. to avoid over burdening the staff and residents)

For process evaluation, only a subset of patients/staff will be included based on the following criteria:
Residents living in RAC homes
•Live in the participating residential aged care home during the testing phase
•Are able to provide informed consent
•Are able to communicate in English

Ambulance, hospital, primary care and IT staff
•Working in relevant sectors of these organisations during the trial

Clinical staff from Peninsula Health, Ambulance Victoria, Primary Care and IT staff from RAC
•Provided care for RAC residents during the testing period OR
•Are involved in the recording or management of data or information at the relevant organisation during the testing period OR
•Are involved in managing relevant organisational workflows during the testing period, OR
•Are employed to deliver IT services within one of the target organisations (e.g. hospital, primary care)

Exclusion Criteria

Residents living in RAC homes and staff involved in the study who do not meet the inclusion criteria (for intervention and/or process evaluation)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in proportion of Emergency Department presentations from RAC trial sites[Assessed by data linkage to hospital medical records The 3 month period prior to intervention implementation and during the 3 month intervention period];Change in proportion of hospital admissions from RAC trial sites[Assessed by data linkage to hospital medical records The 3 month period prior to intervention implementation and during the 3 month intervention period];Change in proportion of ambulance attendances that result in a transfer to hospital from RAC trial sites[Assessed by data linkage to Ambulance Victoria records The 3 month period prior to intervention implementation and during the 3 month intervention period]