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Appl Clin Inform 2018; 09(03): 595-603
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1667205
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Common Consumer Health-Related Needs in the Pediatric Hospital Setting: Lessons from an Engagement Consultation Service

Daniel J. Lee
1   Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
2   Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
,
Robert Cronin
2   Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
3   Department of Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
4   Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
,
Jamie Robinson
2   Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
5   Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
,
Shilo Anders
6   Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
,
Kim Unertl
2   Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
,
Katherine Kelly
4   Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
,
Heather Hankins
7   Surgical Outcomes Center for Kids, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
,
Ryan Skeens
4   Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
,
Gretchen P. Jackson
2   Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
4   Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
8   Department of Pediatric Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
› Institutsangaben Funding This research was supported by a Vanderbilt Center for Effective Health Communication Research Grant, the National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine [grant number 5T15LM007450–12], the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences [grant UL1 TR000445], the Surgical Outcomes Center for Kids at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, and the Section for Surgical Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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22. Februar 2018

16. Juni 2018

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08. August 2018 (online)

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Abstract

Background Informed and engaged parents may influence outcomes for childhood illness. Understanding the needs of the caregivers of pediatric patients is a critical first step in promoting engagement in their child's care. In 2014, we developed an Engagement Consultation Service at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. This service determines the health-related needs of the caregivers of hospitalized children and makes educational or technology recommendations to meet those needs and support engagement.

Objectives This report describes the most common health-related needs identified in the caregivers of hospitalized pediatric patients and details the recommended interventions to meet those needs.

Methods The most commonly reported consumer health-related needs from our 3-year experience with the Engagement Consultation Service were extracted from consultations notes. Each need was classified by semantic type using a taxonomy of consumer health needs. Typical recommendations for each need and their administration were detailed.

Results The most frequently recognized needs involved communicating with health care providers after discharge, using medical devices, distinguishing between benign and concerning symptoms, knowing what questions to ask providers and remembering them, finding trustworthy sources of information online, understanding disease prognosis, and getting emotional support. A variety of apps, Web sites, printed materials, and online groups were recommended.

Conclusion The parents of hospitalized patients share several common health-related needs that can be addressed with educational and technology interventions. An inpatient Engagement Consultation Service provides a generalizable framework for identifying health-related needs and delivers tools to meet those needs and promote engagement during and after hospitalizations.

Keywords

patient engagement - activation - health information technology - patient portal - mobile apps

Protection of Human and Animal Subjects

Both studies were performed in compliance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects, and were approved by the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Institutional Review Board.


 

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