August 29, 2022
UTMB Research Team Receives Funding Award
Dartmouth-led research group including investigators from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston has received a 5-year funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent, non-profit organization authorized by Congress to fund research that will provide patients, their caregivers, and clinicians with the evidence-based information they need to make better-informed healthcare decisions.
The project will assess the effectiveness of visit information provided to older adult patients and caregivers—audio recordings vs. reviewing physician notes using the patient electronic health portal—on quality of life. To help the researchers determine the most effective approach to communicating healthcare visit information, the investigators will conduct the CHRONICLE Trial (Comparing Healthcare visit Recording and Open Notes to Improve the Chronic Illness Care Experience for Older Adults). In this trial, 900 older adults (65 years of age or older) with multimorbidity will be randomized to receive clinic provider notes through the patient portal alone or notes along with visit audio recordings for all primary care visits in a 6-month period. The research team also consists of an active group of patient partners who identified the need for the trial. This group, along with other key stakeholders, will be actively engaged in all aspects of the trial.
—Please see https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/959988 for more on this.