Effectiveness and cost of recruiting healthy volunteers for clinical research studies using an electronic patient portal: A randomized study
IntroductionIt is not clear how to effectively recruit healthy research volunteers.MethodsWe developed an electronic health record (EHR)-based algorithm to identify healthy subjects, who were randomly assigned to receive an invitation to join a research registry via the EHR’s patient portal, letters...
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| author | Mary H. Samuels Robert Schuff Peter Beninato Adriel Gorsuch James Dursch Sarah Egan Bridget Adams Kate F. Hollis Rachel Navarro Timothy E. Burdick |
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| description | IntroductionIt is not clear how to effectively recruit healthy research volunteers.MethodsWe developed an electronic health record (EHR)-based algorithm to identify healthy subjects, who were randomly assigned to receive an invitation to join a research registry via the EHR’s patient portal, letters, or phone calls. A follow-up survey assessed contact preferences.ResultsThe EHR algorithm accurately identified 858 healthy subjects. Recruitment rates were low, but occurred more quickly via the EHR patient portal than letters or phone calls (2.7 vs. 19.3 or 10.4 d). Effort and costs per enrolled subject were lower for the EHR patient portal (3.0 vs. 17.3 or 13.6 h, $113 vs. $559 or $435). Most healthy subjects indicated a preference for contact via electronic methods.ConclusionsHealthy subjects can be accurately identified from EHR data, and it is faster and more cost-effective to recruit healthy research volunteers using an EHR patient portal. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1c8218c3fe8244c9b7bb4aa2a7a697b72023-03-09T12:29:35ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612017-12-01136637210.1017/cts.2018.5Effectiveness and cost of recruiting healthy volunteers for clinical research studies using an electronic patient portal: A randomized studyMary H. Samuels0Robert Schuff1Peter Beninato2Adriel Gorsuch3James Dursch4Sarah Egan5Bridget Adams6Kate F. Hollis7Rachel Navarro8Timothy E. Burdick9Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USAOregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USAInformation Technology Group, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USAOffice of the Chief Privacy Officer, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USAUniversity Libraries, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USAOregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USAOregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USADepartment of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USAInformation Technology Group, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USADepartment of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA Departments of Community and Family Medicine and Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Portland, OR, USAIntroductionIt is not clear how to effectively recruit healthy research volunteers.MethodsWe developed an electronic health record (EHR)-based algorithm to identify healthy subjects, who were randomly assigned to receive an invitation to join a research registry via the EHR’s patient portal, letters, or phone calls. A follow-up survey assessed contact preferences.ResultsThe EHR algorithm accurately identified 858 healthy subjects. Recruitment rates were low, but occurred more quickly via the EHR patient portal than letters or phone calls (2.7 vs. 19.3 or 10.4 d). Effort and costs per enrolled subject were lower for the EHR patient portal (3.0 vs. 17.3 or 13.6 h, $113 vs. $559 or $435). Most healthy subjects indicated a preference for contact via electronic methods.ConclusionsHealthy subjects can be accurately identified from EHR data, and it is faster and more cost-effective to recruit healthy research volunteers using an EHR patient portal.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866118000055/type/journal_articlePatient selectionhealthy volunteerselectronic health recordsclinical researchrecruitment |
| spellingShingle | Mary H. Samuels Robert Schuff Peter Beninato Adriel Gorsuch James Dursch Sarah Egan Bridget Adams Kate F. Hollis Rachel Navarro Timothy E. Burdick Effectiveness and cost of recruiting healthy volunteers for clinical research studies using an electronic patient portal: A randomized study Journal of Clinical and Translational Science Patient selection healthy volunteers electronic health records clinical research recruitment |
| title | Effectiveness and cost of recruiting healthy volunteers for clinical research studies using an electronic patient portal: A randomized study |
| title_full | Effectiveness and cost of recruiting healthy volunteers for clinical research studies using an electronic patient portal: A randomized study |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness and cost of recruiting healthy volunteers for clinical research studies using an electronic patient portal: A randomized study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness and cost of recruiting healthy volunteers for clinical research studies using an electronic patient portal: A randomized study |
| title_short | Effectiveness and cost of recruiting healthy volunteers for clinical research studies using an electronic patient portal: A randomized study |
| title_sort | effectiveness and cost of recruiting healthy volunteers for clinical research studies using an electronic patient portal a randomized study |
| topic | Patient selection healthy volunteers electronic health records clinical research recruitment |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866118000055/type/journal_article |
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