Status:
COMPLETED
Teledermatology Mobile App: Patient Facing
Lead Sponsor:
VA Office of Research and Development
Collaborating Sponsors:
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Durham VA Medical Center
Conditions:
Introduction of Teledermatology Mobile Apps
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
This study was designed to measure the impact of two teledermatology apps to provide direct to patient teledermatology follow up care, Patient Viewer and My VA Images, with a trial on access to dermat...
Detailed Description
Access to healthcare is a key priority for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The current practice of teledermatology in VA is effective but has not been uniformly implemented. Once patients est...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The inclusion criterion for the trial with direct to patient facing apps was that a site had greater than or equal to 9% of all Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 dermatology encounters under secondary stop codes 695/696.
- This indicated considerable pre-existing experience with consultative teledermatology and the likely presence of dermatology reader and support personnel needed to implement direct to patient facing apps.
- The investigators identified 31 sites eligible for direct to patient facing apps.
- We followed above criteria but due to low enrollment, an additional criteria was added that patients were included if they received a request to use the patient-facing mobile app.
Exclusion
- VA medical centers with no 695/696 stop code activity in FY2018 or with zero full-time equivalent dermatologists were excluded since these sites likely lacked the expertise, support, and infrastructure to feasibly adopt teledermatology during the study period.
- The investigators also excluded sites outside the continental U.S., and sites without a dermatology clinic.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 13 2019
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
466 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03241589
Start Date
May 13 2019
End Date
December 31 2020
Last Update
July 27 2023
Active Locations (3)
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1
San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States, 94121-1563
2
Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705-3875
3
Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02908-4734