Surafel Tsega1, Angeli Kalra2, Cesar T Sevilla3, Hyung J Cho4. 1. The Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, United States. 2. New York, United States. 3. Population Health and Payer Systems, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, United States. 4. Department of Quality, New York City Health and Hospitals, New York, New York, United States.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Inpatient providers are increasingly utilizing alternative communication modalities outside what has traditionally been used, including short messaging service text messaging and application-based chat tools. Text messaging that meets the recommendations of the Joint Commission ("secure text messaging") allows for the communication of sensitive patient information through an encrypted platform. OBJECTIVE: In this quality initiative utilizing the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model, we attempted two rollout designs to maximize user adoption of a secure text messaging application. METHODS: Our institution launched a secure text messaging application (Cureatr) using a top-down approach during the first PDSA cycle, defined as communication and outreach through department chairs and administrative leaders throughout the hospital. After inadequate user adoption, we transitioned to a bottom-up approach in the second PDSA cycle, defined as direct communication and engagement with end users. This campaign targeted the hospital medicine and inpatient social work department, and used discharge planning as a use case to encourage adoption. RESULTS: Over a 6-month period, we observed an increase in active users in the hospital medicine department (7.5 unique users per month to 29 users during the first and second PDSA cycles, p < 0.01). Additionally, we saw an increase in messages sent and received by the medicine (687 messages on average per month and 7,367 messages per month in each respective PDSA cycle, p < 0.01) and social work departments (350 messages on average per month and 6,083 messages during the first and second PDSA cycle, p < 0.01). We did not observe a significant change in active users or messages sent in the surgery department, which did not participate in the second PDSA cycle. CONCLUSION: We believe that a bottom-up approach is important to introducing mobile applications to the inpatient setting and can contribute to sustained user adoption. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
BACKGROUND: Inpatient providers are increasingly utilizing alternative communication modalities outside what has traditionally been used, including short messaging service text messaging and application-based chat tools. Text messaging that meets the recommendations of the Joint Commission ("secure text messaging") allows for the communication of sensitive patient information through an encrypted platform. OBJECTIVE: In this quality initiative utilizing the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model, we attempted two rollout designs to maximize user adoption of a secure text messaging application. METHODS: Our institution launched a secure text messaging application (Cureatr) using a top-down approach during the first PDSA cycle, defined as communication and outreach through department chairs and administrative leaders throughout the hospital. After inadequate user adoption, we transitioned to a bottom-up approach in the second PDSA cycle, defined as direct communication and engagement with end users. This campaign targeted the hospital medicine and inpatient social work department, and used discharge planning as a use case to encourage adoption. RESULTS: Over a 6-month period, we observed an increase in active users in the hospital medicine department (7.5 unique users per month to 29 users during the first and second PDSA cycles, p < 0.01). Additionally, we saw an increase in messages sent and received by the medicine (687 messages on average per month and 7,367 messages per month in each respective PDSA cycle, p < 0.01) and social work departments (350 messages on average per month and 6,083 messages during the first and second PDSA cycle, p < 0.01). We did not observe a significant change in active users or messages sent in the surgery department, which did not participate in the second PDSA cycle. CONCLUSION: We believe that a bottom-up approach is important to introducing mobile applications to the inpatient setting and can contribute to sustained user adoption. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
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