Abstract MP36: The Development Of A Centralized Recruitment Process For Covid-19 Research: Hopkins Opportunity For Participant Engagement Registry

Circulation ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 143 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwabunmi Ogungbe ◽  
Hailey Miller ◽  
Anna Peeler ◽  
Lewis-Land Cassie ◽  
Scott Carey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Portal ◽  
Recruitment Process ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Research Recruitment ◽  
Participant Engagement ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Online Advertisement ◽  
Study Teams ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has required urgent scientific response to investigate the disease, its prevention and treatment and interactions with cardiovascular conditions. Consequently, a centralized workflow was needed to effectively recruit, screen and connect volunteers to COVID-19 research opportunities. Objective: To create a centralized registry to match eligible and interested volunteers ≥18 years with COVID-19 outpatient research studies at an academic health system. Methods: Key stakeholders, including researchers and participant advocates, collaborated to build the Hopkins Opportunity for Participant Engagement (HOPE) Registry in English and Spanish. REDCap, a secure web-based application, served as the Registry platform. Study teams recruiting for outpatient studies were invited to present their studies through the Registry. Study volunteers were recruited using multiple methods, including patient portal messages, email, social media, and online advertisement. The Registry included COVID testing results and participant survey of demographic and COVID-19 related questions. Branching logic was used to pre-screen and present participating studies for which the person was eligible. The individual then selected which studies, if any, they were interested in. Study teams received an automatic notification and reached out directly to individuals expressing interest in their study ( Figure ). Results: The HOPE Registry includes 7 studies and has enrolled 4186 people. Over half (55%) were >55 years and the majority were female (64%). Racial/ethnic groups represented were Whites (80%), Black s (9%), Asians (4.7%), Hispanics (5%), and American Indian (0.3%). Participants were interested in: 29%, treatment study; 37%, vaccine study; and 66%, donating plasma. Within 10 weeks, 585 persons were matched with an actively recruiting study. Conclusions: The ongoing HOPE registry has shown promise in engaging individuals with COVID-19 research and improving research recruitment workflow.

scholarly journals Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Web-Based Patient Portal Usage Among Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients: Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Wedd ◽  
Mohua Basu ◽  
Laura M Curtis ◽  
Kayla Smith ◽  
Denise J Lo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Liver Transplant ◽  
Kidney Transplant ◽  
Socioeconomic Disparities ◽  
Patient Portal ◽  
Transplant Recipients ◽  
Patient Portals ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Liver Transplant Recipients ◽  
Racial Ethnic

BACKGROUND Kidney and liver transplant recipients must manage a complex care regimen after kidney transplant. Although the use of Web-based patient portals is known to improve patient-provider communication and health outcomes in chronic disease populations by helping patients manage posttransplant care, disparities in access to and use of portals have been reported. Little is known about portal usage and disparities among kidney and liver transplant recipients. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine patient racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and clinical characteristics associated with portal usage among kidney and liver transplant recipients. METHODS The study included all adult kidney and liver transplant recipients (n=710) at a large academic transplant center in the Southeastern United States between March 2014 and November 2016. Electronic medical record data were linked with Cerner portal usage data. Patient portal use was defined as any portal activity (vs no activity) recorded in the Cerner Web-based portal, including viewing of health records, lab results, medication lists, and the use of secure messaging. Multivariable log-binomial regression was used to determine the patient demographic, clinical, and socioeconomic characteristics associated with portal usage, stratified by organ. RESULTS Among 710 transplant recipients (n=455 kidney, n=255 liver), 55.4% (252/455) of kidney recipients and 48.2% (123/255) of liver recipients used the patient portal. Black patients were less likely to use the portal versus white patients among both kidney (57% black vs 74% white) and liver (28% black vs 55% white) transplant recipients. In adjusted multivariable analyses, kidney transplant recipients were more likely to use the portal if they had higher education; among liver recipients, patients who were white versus black and had higher education were more likely to use the portal. CONCLUSIONS Despite studies showing that patient portals have the potential to benefit transplant recipients as a tool for health management, racial and socioeconomic disparities should be considered before widespread implementation. Transplant centers should include portal training and support to all patients to encourage use, given its potential to improve outcomes.

Applications of Web-QFD and E-Delphi method in the higher education system

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-256
Author(s):  
Shun-Hsing Chen ◽  
Ching-Chow Yang
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Individual

Quality function deployment (QFD) is an essential tool in implementing total quality management (TQM). This study applies a Web-QFD approach using group decision-making analysis in the Web environment to reduce the complicated data collection, aggregation and analysis processes. A Web-based questionnaire is designed by using an active service pages (ASP) involving the Internet relay chat (IRC) technique and the Delphi method with Internet (E-Delphi) to determine the importance degree of the customers' requirements. However, the traditional Delphi method is time-consuming mission. This study applies the proposed Web-QFD approach to efficiently gather the individual opinions of each team member, the requirements that are critical for customers, and then enables decision makers to accurately assess the priorities of these requirements. An empirical example of an education system in Taiwan is employed to demonstrate the practicability of the proposed Web-QFD model. This real world example involves team members communicating easily and quickly with other experts in the team through the Internet to accelerate the reaching of a consensus among multiple decision makers regardless of where their location. Customers' requirements can be rapidly prioritized based on the assessment results.

scholarly journals Impacts of a web-based educational program for veterans who read their mental health notes online

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren M Denneson ◽  
Maura Pisciotta ◽  
Elizabeth R Hooker ◽  
Amira Trevino ◽  
Steven K Dobscha
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Patient Activation ◽  
Patient Portal ◽  
Veterans Health ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Perceived Efficacy ◽  
Web Based ◽  
User Input

Abstract Objective This study evaluates whether a web-based educational program for patients who read their mental health notes online improves patient-clinician communication and increases patient activation. Methods The web-based educational program, developed with end-user input, was designed to educate patients on the content of mental health notes, provide guidance on communicating with clinicians about notes, and facilitate patients’ safe and purposeful use of their health information. Eligible patients were engaged in mental health treatment (≥1 visit in the prior 6 months) and had logged into the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patient portal at least twice. Participants completed measures of patient activation, perceived efficacy in healthcare interactions, patient trust in their clinicians, and patient assessment of the therapeutic relationship before and after participating in the program. A total of 247 participants had complete data and engaged with the program for 5 minutes or more, comprising the analytic sample. Multivariate analysis using mixed effects models were used to examine pre-post changes in outcomes. Results In bivariate analyses, patient activation, perceived efficacy in healthcare interactions, and trust in clinicians increased significantly between pre- and post-training assessments. In fully adjusted models, changes in patient activation [b = 2.71 (1.41, 4.00), P < 0.01] and perceived efficacy in healthcare interactions [b = 1.27 (0.54, 2.01), P < 0.01)] remained significant. Conclusions Findings suggest that this educational program may help empower mental health patients who read their notes online to be active participants in their care, while also providing information and tools that may facilitate better relationships with their clinicians.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing Competences in E-Services Adoption and Assimilation in SMEs

2010 ◽  
pp. 225-238
Author(s):  
Ada Scupola
Keyword(s):  
Medium Size ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
System A ◽  
Conceptual Skills ◽  
Reservation System ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Control ◽  
Business To Business

This article investigates the competences deemed necessary both at top managerial and individual levels for the successful adoption and assimilation of business-to-business e-services in small and medium size enterprises. To this end, an in-depth case study of a business-to-business e-service system, a Web-based travel reservation system, was conducted. The results show that three main competences, namely vision, value and control, are important at top management level for the primary adoption of e-services. For secondary adoption and assimilation, three categories of competences were identified as being important either to have or to develop at the individual level, namely technical, interpersonal and conceptual skills.

scholarly journals Success-Driving Business Model Characteristics of IaaS Providers – Towards a Quantitative Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Sebastian Floerecke ◽  
Florian Felix Röck ◽  
Franz Lehner
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Quantitative Evaluation ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Minor Importance ◽  
Competitive Situation ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Degree

Despite the highly competitive situation within the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) market and the resulting pressure and uncertainty for the involved providers, only little knowledge is available about business model characteristics (BMCs) related to success. Merely few qualitative studies are existing that propose hypotheses on success-driving business model characteristics (SDBMCs), however, a general and comparative quantitative evaluation and thus an evidence for their impact on business success is still missing. But this knowledge is essential for IaaS providers as it would allow them to focus their limited resources and efforts on the truly decisive BMCs and, at the same time, save costs by avoiding activities and investments of minor importance. Aiming to reduce this gap, a web-based survey was carried out, in which representatives of IaaS providers of different size rated the level of relevance of the proposed SDBMCs. As this study is still going on, this paper focuses on presenting the study design and an analysis of the data collected so far. As a preliminary result, nearly 80 % of the SDBMCs were rated as extremely important or important, meaning that the existing qualitative research results were confirmed to a high degree. The relevance of the individual SDBMCs varies greatly depending on the IaaS provider’s size

scholarly journals A Pain eHealth Platform for Engaging Obese, Older Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain in Nonpharmacological Pain Treatments: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility Study

10.2196/14525 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e14525
Author(s):  
Amber K Brooks ◽  
David P Miller Jr ◽  
Jason T Fanning ◽  
Erin L Suftin ◽  
M Carrington Reid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Chronic Low Back Pain ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Patient Portal ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Web Based

Background Low back pain is a costly healthcare problem and the leading cause of disability among adults in the United States. Primary care providers urgently need effective ways to deliver evidence-based, nonpharmacological therapies for chronic low back pain. Guidelines published by several government and national organizations have recommended nonpharmacological and nonopioid pharmacological therapies for low back pain. Objective The Pain eHealth Platform (PEP) pilot trial aims to test the feasibility of a highly innovative intervention that (1) uses an electronic health record (EHR) query to systematically identify a phenotype of obese, older adults with chronic low back pain who may benefit from Web-based behavioral treatments; (2) delivers highly tailored messages to eligible older adults with chronic low back pain via the patient portal; (3) links affected patients to a Web app that provides education on the efficacy of evidence-based, nonpharmacological, behavioral pain treatments; and (4) directs patients to existing Web-based health treatment tools. Methods Using a three-step modified Delphi method, an expert panel of primary care providers will define a low back pain phenotype for an EHR query. Using the defined low back pain phenotype, an EHR query will be created to identify patients who may benefit from the PEP. Up to 15 patients with low back pain will be interviewed to refine the tailored messaging, esthetics, and content of the patient-facing Web app within the PEP. Up to 10 primary care providers will be interviewed to better understand the facilitators and barriers to implementing the PEP, given their clinic workflow. We will assess the feasibility of the PEP in a single-arm pragmatic pilot study in which secure patient portal invitations containing a hyperlink to the PEP Web app are sent to 1000 patients. The primary outcome of the study is usability as measured by the System Usability Scale. Results Qualitative interviews with primary care providers were completed in April 2019. Qualitative interviews with patients will begin in December 2019. Conclusions The PEP will leverage informatics and the patient portal to deliver evidence-based nonpharmacological treatment information to adults with chronic low back pain. Results from this study may help inform the development of Web-based health platforms for other pain and chronic health conditions. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/14525

scholarly journals A Pain eHealth Platform for Engaging Obese, Older Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain in Nonpharmacological Pain Treatments: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility Study (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber K Brooks ◽  
David P Miller Jr ◽  
Jason T Fanning ◽  
Erin L Suftin ◽  
M Carrington Reid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Chronic Low Back Pain ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Patient Portal ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Web Based

BACKGROUND Low back pain is a costly healthcare problem and the leading cause of disability among adults in the United States. Primary care providers urgently need effective ways to deliver evidence-based, nonpharmacological therapies for chronic low back pain. Guidelines published by several government and national organizations have recommended nonpharmacological and nonopioid pharmacological therapies for low back pain. OBJECTIVE The Pain eHealth Platform (PEP) pilot trial aims to test the feasibility of a highly innovative intervention that (1) uses an electronic health record (EHR) query to systematically identify a phenotype of obese, older adults with chronic low back pain who may benefit from Web-based behavioral treatments; (2) delivers highly tailored messages to eligible older adults with chronic low back pain via the patient portal; (3) links affected patients to a Web app that provides education on the efficacy of evidence-based, nonpharmacological, behavioral pain treatments; and (4) directs patients to existing Web-based health treatment tools. METHODS Using a three-step modified Delphi method, an expert panel of primary care providers will define a low back pain phenotype for an EHR query. Using the defined low back pain phenotype, an EHR query will be created to identify patients who may benefit from the PEP. Up to 15 patients with low back pain will be interviewed to refine the tailored messaging, esthetics, and content of the patient-facing Web app within the PEP. Up to 10 primary care providers will be interviewed to better understand the facilitators and barriers to implementing the PEP, given their clinic workflow. We will assess the feasibility of the PEP in a single-arm pragmatic pilot study in which secure patient portal invitations containing a hyperlink to the PEP Web app are sent to 1000 patients. The primary outcome of the study is usability as measured by the System Usability Scale. RESULTS Qualitative interviews with primary care providers were completed in April 2019. Qualitative interviews with patients will begin in December 2019. CONCLUSIONS The PEP will leverage informatics and the patient portal to deliver evidence-based nonpharmacological treatment information to adults with chronic low back pain. Results from this study may help inform the development of Web-based health platforms for other pain and chronic health conditions. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT DERR1-10.2196/14525

Modeling Learner's Cognitive Abilities in the Context of a Web-Based Learning Environment

2008 ◽  
pp. 544-561
Author(s):  
Maria Aparecida M. Souto ◽  
Regina Verdin ◽  
José Palazzo M. de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Learning Trajectory ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Experimental Learning ◽  
Stage Development ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Web Learning

Our study is concerned with making the instruction suitable to the individual learner’s characteristics. This chapter describes the methodology used to investigate how to model the learner’s Cognitive Ability Level (CAL) based on the observation and analysis of his/her behaviour in a Web-learning environment. In our study, the CAL represents the learner’s cognitive stage development according to Bloom’s taxonomy. The methodology encompasses two phases: (i) the generation of the CAL classes for the target population and (ii) the study of learning trajectories of CAL classes in an experimental learning module. As a result, we have identified the CAL classes’ parametersvalues that best discriminate these classes from the observation and analysis of their learning trajectory on the Web. The entire knowledge obtained from this investigation will make possible to automate the learners’ CAL diagnostic. It will also give us the background to develop Web-learning environment contents.

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