Effectiveness of AI-Assisted Clinical Documentation
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Turku
About this trial
Effectiveness of AI-assisted clinical documentation tool (AI scribes) in healthcare services using staggered difference-in-differences and multiple sources of data including registers, questionnaires and interviews. Primary outcomes include completion of statutory health check-ups, working hours, time use of nurses, secondary outcomes include subjective nurse job satisfaction, job burden and perceived quality of work and time use.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Member of study population: nurses working at wellchild or student health care services of Western-Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County.
Disqualifiers
Nurse works in several teams.
Under 18 years.
Trial design
Design model
Sequential
Treatments tested in this trial
AI clinical documentation tool
DeviceAI clinical documentation tool is adopted starting at different assigned time points by eight subgroups. Early vs later adopters are compared using staggered difference-in-differences design. The order of subgroups is randomized for 7/8 subgroups.
AI clinical documentation tool
DeviceAI clinical documentation tool is adopted starting at different assigned time points by eight subgroups. Early vs later adopters are compared using staggered difference-in-differences design. The order of subgroups is randomized for 7/8 subgroups.
Treatment groups
400 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Early-TreatedExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Later-TreatedExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Ratio of completed statutory health check-ups
Time frame
7 months.2
Number of completed statutory health check-ups
Time frame
7 months.3
Working Hours
Number of working hours (average and dynamic measures)
Time frame
7 months.Secondary outcomes
1
Time use
Questionnaire. Time used in documentation and other tasks (self-assessed). "How much time did you spend on each activity during the preceding workday (on average per client)? 1. Documentation (record-keeping / charting) 2. Client contact (direct client encounters / face-to-face client interaction) 3. Other (e.g. special responsibilities, prescriptions)"
Time frame
7 months.2
Job Satisfaction
Questionnaire: 1. How satisfied have you been with your work during the preceding workday? Very dissatisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Neither dissatisfied nor satisfied Somewhat satisfied Very satisfied 2. How often has each of the following clearly disturbed, worried, or burdened you at work during the preceding workday? 1. Constant time pressure and the burden of unfinished tasks Very rarely or never Fairly rarely Occasionally Fairly often Very often or constantly 2. Too little time to do the work properly Very rarely or never Fairly rarely Occasionally Fairly often Very often or constantly 3. How well do you feel you performed your work tasks (from the patient's perspective) during the preceding workday? Very dissatisfied Fairly dissatisfied Neither dissatisfied nor satisfied Fairly satisfied Very satisfied
Time frame
7 months.Sponsors and contacts
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University of Turku
Lead sponsor
University of Helsinki
Collaborator
Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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