Evaluation of a National Health Information Technology-based Program to Improve Healthcare Coordination and Access to Information
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim is to evaluate a national health information technology-based program to improve healthcare coordination and access to information.
Detailed description
Improvement of coordination of all health and social care actors in the patient pathways is an important issue in many countries; Health Information (HI) technology has been considered as a potentially effective answer to this issue. The French Health Ministry first funded the development of five TSN (Territoire de Soins Numérique / Digital health territories) programs, aiming at improving healthcare coordination and access to information for healthcare providers, patients or the population, and at improving healthcare professionals work organization; The French Health Ministry then launched a call for grant to fund one Eva TSN project consisting in evaluating the TSN programs implementation and impact and to develop a model for HI technology evaluation.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University of Bordeaux
University Hospital, Bordeaux
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Patients(people living in the five pilot territories of the Health Digital Territories program and the five control territories * 'Users' who used the devices implemented, including platforms computerized, * Health professionals : which includes both the health professions, medical and social professionals and groups representing them (URPS, etc.) and health facilities * Governance bodies such as Regional Hospitalization Agency, the local authorities, etc. * Manufacturers responsable for implementation of considered digital solutions.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Type and number of services developed for professionals | June 2018 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of users (professional and / or patient / citizen) | June 2018 |
| Number of clicks by professional and / or user patient / citizen | June 2018 |
| Online time (start, end) by professional and / or user patient / citizen | June 2018 |
| Number of users who are familiar with the program | June 2018 |
| Rates of preventable hospital stays | June 2018 |
| Rate of irrelevant drug prescriptions | June 2018 |
| Rate of recourse to prevention programs | June 2018 |
| Relevance rate of short stay admissions | june 2018 |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed