Advance Care Planning GuideTailored for Primary Care Patients

Ohio State University419 enrolled

Overview

this project seeks to: validate results of ACP framework pilot study in a larger randomized controlled trial (rates and quality of ACP documentation) prior to using participatory design to develop an Electronic Health Record (EHR)-tethered patient portal delivered ACP communication guide, tailored for use in busy primary care settings, incorporating patients, caregivers, and primary care providers

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

419

Conditions

Advance Care Planning Chronic Disease Communication Research

Interventions

Patient Centered Medical Home Based Electronic Framework for Advance Care PlanningOTHER

The intervention tested a pre-visit ACP workflow centered around a framework sent via secure Electronic Health Record (EHR)-linked patient portal in a real world clinical setting. The primary objectives were to determine its impact on frequency and quality of ACP documentation.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 50 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * must have an activated patient portal account over 50 years of age scheduled for a well visit appointment or chronic visit follow up English speaking Exclusion Criteria: * under 50 * inactive patient portal account

Locations (1)

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Presence of Advance Care Planning (ACP) documentation as noted in description

Presence of Electronic Health Record problem list based ACP documentation or presence of Electronic Health Record scanned completed Advance Directive document

Time frame: 4 weeks post-intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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