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Women admitted to the maternal and fetal medicine unit are often discharged after a short hospital stay. The routine work in the department is prioritized such that the discharge letter are written. In the last year the Apollo mobile application (app) was introduced. It contains general information on the medical center and the maternal and fetal unit department as well as the medical records, laboratory results and summary and discharge letters. The Apollo app is used in the maternal and fetal unit in the discharge process so the patient can receive the discharge letter in the app and does not need to wait until the discharge letter is written.
It is not known whether this process is more effective than the regular discharge process and patients' satisfaction was not assessed previously.
In the present study we will compare discharge data, satisfaction and safety of discharging using the Apollo app versus the routine process.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Application discharge | Experimental | The discharge is conditional on the approval of a senior physician or the attending physician in charge. The participant will sign on a "Form for discharge and consent to receive a discharge letter, using the "Apollo" application" in which the discharge process, recommendations and contact information of the department are described. Thereafter, the patient will be discharge home and the discharge letter will be available in the app once it is written. The participant is guided to contact the department, in case the discharge letter is not received in the application up to 24 hours after discharge. |
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| Regular discharge | Other | The discharge is conditional on the approval of a senior physician or the attending physician in charge. The patient will go home only after the discharge letter is written. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discharge using Apollo application | Other | Discharge using Apollo application |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The mean time needed from discharge decision until the actual discharge | up to 24 hours from discharge decision |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Satisfaction rate from the discharge method | Satisfaction rate from the discharge method assessment using a questionnaire | Within a week following discharge from the department |
| The rate of participants with any technical difficulties to receive the discharge letter and reasons |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Enav Yefet | Contact | 972-46652306 | enavy1@gmail.com |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Tzafon Medical center, Poriya | Recruiting | Tiberias | North | 15208 | Israel |
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| Regular discharge |
| Other |
Discharge with the regular process |
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The rate of participants with any technical difficulties to receive the discharge letter and reasons using a questionnaire |
| Within a week following discharge from the department using a questionnaire |
| The rate of participants with missed information that required the patient to seek medical help | The rate of participants with missed information that required the patient to seek medical help using a questionnaire | Within a week following discharge from the department using a questionnaire |
| The rate of participants with discrepancies between the discharge recommendations written in the final discharge letter and the "Form for discharge and consent to receive a discharge letter, using application" and details regarding the discripancies | Within a week following discharge from the department |
| ID | Term |
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| D017060 | Patient Satisfaction |
| D010342 | Patient Acceptance of Health Care |
| ID | Term |
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| D000074822 | Treatment Adherence and Compliance |
| D015438 | Health Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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