Achieving Chronic Care equiTy by leVeraging the Telehealth Ecosystem
University of California, San Francisco
Summary
This study examines the impact of a multi-level intervention aiming to improve telehealth access for low-income patients managing chronic health conditions, such as hypertension and diabetes. The multi-level intervention includes clinic-level practice facilitation and patient-level digital health coaching.
Description
ACCTIVATE is a multi-level intervention (including practice facilitation and patient digital coaching) that aims to tackle patient-level and clinic-level barriers to increase the equitable use of telehealth tools for chronic disease management. Direct patient support via digital coaching can meet the needs of patients who have been left behind in the digital divide. For those with reduced digital literacy and low access to smartphones and broadband, this resource can increase their confidence in using digital technologies and engaging in virtual care. Additionally, primary care clinic support…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * ≥ 18 years of age * English or Spanish-Speaking * Have uncontrolled diabetes defined as a listed diagnosis of diabetes with a recorded A1C ≥ 8.0% in the past two years or have uncontrolled HTN defined as a listed diagnosis of HTN and last recorded documented SBP \>140 mmHg * At least 2 visits at a participating SFHN primary care site in the last 24 months Exclusion Criteria: * Higher than average digital literacy, defined as an Digital Healthcare Literacy Scale (DHLS) score greater than 10, as determined prior to the baseline study visit; these patients may not benefit…
Interventions
- OtherDigital Health Coaching (Patient-Level Intervention)
The patient-level intervention combines the role of digital health navigator and chronic disease health coach to facilitate access to devices and broadband, offer digital skills training, and provide chronic disease health coaching focused on telehealth modalities.
- OtherPractice Facilitation (Clinic-Level Intervention)
The clinic-level intervention includes primary care clinic support through practice facilitation that empowers team members to address racial/ethnic disparities in telehealth use through consistent review of telehealth equity data and input from clinic-specific Patient Advisory Councils (PACs).
Location
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) & SF Department of Public Health (DPH)San Francisco, California