Evaluating the Implementation of a Comprehensive Multilevel Virtual Oncology Program Among Veterans Diagnosed With Lung, Colorectal, Prostate, and Breast Cancers in the US Department of Veterans Affairs
NYU Langone Health
Summary
The objective of the pragmatic trial to test the effectiveness of an existing, ongoing clinical service, the VA National TeleOncology program (NTO), a multilevel telehealth population health management program. The primary aims are to study the intervention and determine its effectiveness on telehealth engagement, clinical quality, and healthcare cost outcomes across personal characteristics.
Description
Study staff will use the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA), the VA health information technology system, to identify eligible patients at VA sites based on listed inclusion and exclusion criteria. Patient records will be observed of Veterans with a new cancer diagnosis of the lung, prostate, breast, or colon and a telehealth visit utilizing the VA National TeleOncology Service (NTO).
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Patients Inclusion Criteria: 1. A Veteran 2. Aged 18 years or older 3. Newly diagnosed with lung, prostate, breast, or colon cancer within 3 months of telemedicine visit 4. Engaged in an oncology visit during the 36-month analysis period at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) location. VAMC Providers and Staff Inclusion Criteria: 1. Provider or staff member at one of the VAMC locations including physicians, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, and nurses caring for Veterans 2. Providers or staff members having helped provide care for at least 5 Veterans with cancer in the previ…
Locations (5)
- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - BrooklynBrooklyn, New York
- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - St. Albans Community Living CenterJamaica, New York
- VA New York Harbor Health Care System - ManhattanNew York, New York
- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Harlem Community CenterNew York, New York
- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System - Staten Island Community ClinicStaten Island, New York