FamilyLink Family-Centered Rounds

University of California, Davis110 enrolled

Overview

This study will be a pilot test of using FamilyLink software to bring parents of patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) virtually to the bedside during Family Centered Rounds.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

110

Conditions

Family Centered Rounds

Interventions

Telemedicine FCROTHER

Parents/guardians will be able to join family centered rounds using telemedicine (audio and visual)

Standard of careOTHER

Parents/guardians will not be able to join family centered rounds using telemedicine (audio and visual)

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU aged 0-365 days * Parents/guardians of patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU aged ≥ 18 years * Medical team members (physicians, nurse practitioners, fellows, residents, medical students, nurses) of patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU aged ≥ 18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are not discharged home from the NICU (e.g., transferred to another inpatient unit or another hospital) * Parents/guardians of patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU who do not speak English, as a translator will not reliability be available to participate in rounds when the parent/guardian is not physically present * Patients who have more than one admission to the Blue Team during our study period will only be included on their first admission

Locations (1)

University of California-Davis

Sacramento, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

CAHPS Communication with Parent Subscale

19 questions from the Communication with Parent Subscale of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Child Hospital Survey; specifically, we will report the following measures: Communication between you and your child's nurses (composite measure); Communication between you and your child's doctors (composite measure); Communication about your child's medicines (composite measure); Keeping you informed about your child's care (composite measure) Privacy when talking with doctors, nurses, and other providers (single-item measure); Preparing you and your child to leave the hospital (composite measure); Keeping you informed about your child's care in the Emergency Room (single-item measure). Higher scores are better; 0 (minimum) - 100 (maximum)

Time frame: Through study completion, approximately 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Rates of adverse events

Rates of adverse events reported by parents, providers, or nurses

Time frame: Up to 6 months

Hospital Length of Stay

Hospital length of stay of the patient measured in days

Time frame: Through study completion, approximately 3 months

Breastmilk at discharge

If the patient was receiving all, some or no breastmilk

Time frame: Through study completion, approximately 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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