Outcomes in the Palm of Your Hand: Improving the Quality and Continuity of Patient Care

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.

Sponsors and Collaborators:	University of Toronto Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
Information provided by:	University of Toronto
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00314730

Purpose

This study evaluates the usability of personal digital assistants (PDAs) by nurses for collecting, utilizing and communicating patient health information, and the feasibility of using PDAs to increase nurses' access to and utilization of best-practice guidelines.

Condition	Intervention
Computers, Handheld Outcomes Assessment, Patient	Device: handheld Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Health Services Research, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Factorial Assignment
Official Title:	Outcomes in the Palm of Your Hand: Improving the Quality and Continuity of Patient Care

Further study details as provided by University of Toronto:

Primary Outcome Measures:

nursing communication and coordination
patient functional status
patient symptoms (pain, nausea, dyspnea, fatigue)
patient therapeutic self care

Estimated Enrollment:	400
Study Start Date:	May 2006
Estimated Study Completion Date:	June 2007

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Nurses are eligible to participate if they work on a participating unit, 20 or more hours/week
Patients are eligible if they are being cared for on a participating unit, are able to provide informed consent in English, and are able to answer questions about their daily activities and symptoms (pain, nausea, dyspnea, fatigue.)

Exclusion Criteria:

none

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00314730

Locations

Canada, Ontario
Mount Sinai Hospital
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X5
University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2C4
St. Joseph's Health Center
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6R 1B5

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Toronto

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Diane Doran, PhD, RN

Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Univ of Toronto

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	16402
Study First Received:	April 13, 2006
Last Updated:	April 18, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00314730
Health Authority:	Canada: Ethics Review Committee

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009