Actively Recruiting
Hospital-at-Home Education as Implementation Tool - RCT
Led by Nordsjaellands Hospital · Updated on 2025-09-10
14
Participants Needed
3
Research Sites
69 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
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Nordsjaellands Hospital
Lead Sponsor
S
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
To enhance implementation of Hospital-at-home (HaH) in Scandinavia, the Nordic Digital Health \& Education (NorDigHE) project has developed a comprehensive virtual education on HaH for clinical staff. The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether an online education for clinical staff can enhance the implementation of HaH services in hospitals across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The primary outcome of the RCT is HaH implementation measured at organization level, understood as a change in clinical practice by increased HaH activity. Secondary outcomes are HaH knowledge and motivation among clinical staff as well as patient days in hospital, days hospitalized at home, 30-day readmission, and mortality. Researchers will compare hospitals receiving the NorDigHE education (intervention group) to hospitals continuing treatment as usual (control group) to see if the education leads to greater adoption of HaH and changes in service delivery. Participants will: * Complete baseline, 3-month, and 6-month surveys assessing HaH activity, staff knowledge, and motivation. * Participate in a 12-month follow-up assessment (intervention group only). * Be invited (patients, staff, and management) to take part in semi-structured interviews to share experiences and preferences related to HaH. * (For staff in the intervention group) Complete the NorDigHE virtual education program embedded in the WHO Fast-IM. After the study, the control group will be offered access to the NorDigHE education as a participant retention measure.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Hospital-at-Home Education as Implementation Tool - RCT
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Hospitals with clinical departments treating acutely ill in-patients ready to establish or having prerequisites for Hospital-at-Home (HaH)
- Hospitals must have or plan to establish a governance structure to organize and oversee HaH services
- Hospitals must have or plan to establish an IT platform capable of managing data from and to HaH patients
- Hospitals must have or plan to establish a safe communication pathway between HaH patients and the hospital
- Hospitals must have clear agreements on types of data exchanged between HaH patients and hospital
- Hospitals must have agreements on roles, responsibilities, and capacity, including possible primary sector entities
- Hospitals must have clinical guidelines, standard operating procedures, and action plans to support HaH work
You will not qualify if you...
- Hospitals that do not have or are not ready to secure the prerequisites listed in the inclusion criteria
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 3 locations
1
Nordsjællands Hospital
Hillerød, Capitol Region of Denmark, Denmark, 3400
Actively Recruiting
2
University College of Østfold
Fredrikstad, Østfold fylke, Norway
Actively Recruiting
3
Sahlgrenska University hospital
Göteborg, Skåne County, Sweden
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
M
Mie H Martinussen
CONTACT
J
Jeff K Svane
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
2
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