The purpose of the current study is to test different email messages to determine the most effect way of promoting enrollment in Geisinger's patient portal, called myGeisinger.
Online patient portals are convenient tools that improve patient access to healthcare services while often reducing burden to both patients and providers. However, fewer than half of patients have enrolled in Geisinger's patient portal, myGeisinger. The purpose of the current study is to assess what kind of messaging improves the effectiveness of an email campaign targeted at enrolling patients into Geisinger's online patient portal, called myGeisinger. Currently, Geisinger sends an email every month to patients who have started but not completed the enrollment process (they have had an activation code generated but have not yet used that code to enroll). This study will A/B test 5 email messages to assess if they perform better than the current standard email message. Performance will be assessed based on whether patients open the email, click on the myGeisinger enrollment link, and enroll in myGeisinger. Statistical analyses will employ generalized linear models with a binary distribution and log-link function.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
14,099
Geisinger
Danville, Pennsylvania, United States
Email Opened: Control vs. Less-is-better vs. Social Proof vs. Endowment
Whether email was opened (yes / no)
Time frame: 8-10 days post-intervention
Link Clicked: Control vs. Less-is-better vs. Social Proof vs. Endowment
Whether the link / button to start the activation process was clicked (yes / no)
Time frame: 8-10 days post-intervention
Enrollment: Control vs. Less-is-better vs. Social Proof vs. Endowment
Whether the patient enrolled in myGeisinger (yes / no)
Time frame: 8-10 days post-intervention
Email Opened: Control vs. Less-is-better vs. Social Proof vs. Endowment
Whether email was opened (yes / no)
Time frame: 32-35 days post-intervention
Link Clicked: Control vs. Less-is-better vs. Social Proof vs. Endowment
Whether the link / button to start the activation process was clicked (yes / no)
Time frame: 32-35 days post-intervention
Enrollment: Control vs. Less-is-better vs. Social Proof vs. Endowment
Whether the patient enrolled in myGeisinger (yes / no)
Time frame: 32-35 days post-intervention
Email Opened: Within Less-is-better (Provider Communication vs. Managing Appointments vs. Medical Information Access)
Whether email was opened (yes / no)
Time frame: 8-10 days post-intervention
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Link Clicked: Within Less-is-better (Provider Communication vs. Managing Appointments vs. Medical Information Access)
Whether the link / button to start the activation process was clicked (yes / no)
Time frame: 8-10 days post-intervention
Enrollment: Within Less-is-better (Provider Communication vs. Managing Appointments vs. Medical Information Access)
Whether the patient enrolled in myGeisinger (yes / no)
Time frame: 8-10 days post-intervention
Email Opened: Within Less-is-better (Provider Communication vs. Managing Appointments vs. Medical Information Access)
Whether email was opened (yes / no)
Time frame: 32-35 days post-intervention
Link Clicked: Within Less-is-better (Provider Communication vs. Managing Appointments vs. Medical Information Access)
Whether the link / button to start the activation process was clicked (yes / no)
Time frame: 32-35 days post-intervention
Enrollment: Within Less-is-better (Provider Communication vs. Managing Appointments vs. Medical Information Access)
Whether the patient enrolled in myGeisinger (yes / no)
Time frame: 32-35 days post-intervention