FamilyLink Family-Centered Rounds

University of California (UC) Davis

Status: Completed

Conditions: Family Centered Rounds

Treatments: Other: Standard of care; Other: Telemedicine FCR

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04265677

1524392

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be a pilot test of using FamilyLink software to bring parents of patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) virtually to the bedside during Family Centered Rounds.

Enrollment: 110 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU aged 0-365 days
• Parents/guardians of patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU aged ≥ 18 years
• Medical team members (physicians, nurse practitioners, fellows, residents, medical students, nurses) of patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU aged ≥ 18 years

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who are not discharged home from the NICU (e.g., transferred to another inpatient unit or another hospital)
• Parents/guardians of patients admitted to the Blue Team in the NICU who do not speak English, as a translator will not reliability be available to participate in rounds when the parent/guardian is not physically present
• Patients who have more than one admission to the Blue Team during our study period will only be included on their first admission

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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110 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Telemedicine FCR

Experimental group

Description:

These patients will be eligible to use telemedicine for Family Centered Rounds

Treatment:

Other: Telemedicine FCR

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

These patients will not be eligible to use telemedicine for Family Centered Rounds (standard of care)

Treatment:

Other: Standard of care