Online Consent Enables a Randomized, Controlled Trial Testing a Patient-Centered Online Decision-Aid for Medicare Beneficiaries to Meet Recruitment Goal in Short Time Frame

Amy Meehan MPH; Mary Kate Bundorf PhD; Roman Klimke BS; Cheryl D. Stults PhD; Albert S Chan MD, MS; Ting Pun PhD; Ming Tai-Seale PhD, MPH

doi:10.1177/2374373519827029

Journal of Patient Experience (Feb 2020)

Online Consent Enables a Randomized, Controlled Trial Testing a Patient-Centered Online Decision-Aid for Medicare Beneficiaries to Meet Recruitment Goal in Short Time Frame

Amy Meehan MPH,
Mary Kate Bundorf PhD,
Roman Klimke BS,
Cheryl D. Stults PhD,
Albert S Chan MD, MS,
Ting Pun PhD,
Ming Tai-Seale PhD, MPH

Affiliations

Amy Meehan MPH: Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Mary Kate Bundorf PhD: Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Roman Klimke BS: Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Cheryl D. Stults PhD: Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Albert S Chan MD, MS: Sutter Health, San Carlos, CA, USA
Ting Pun PhD: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Patient Advisory Council, Portola Valley, CA, USA
Ming Tai-Seale PhD, MPH: University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2374373519827029
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7

Abstract

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Online consenting allows potential participants of research projects to deliberate their participation at their own pace and may be more cost-effective than conventional approaches. Yet, online consenting is not widespread in health services research due partly to concerns about security, confidentiality, and lack of established processes. We report our use of online consenting to successfully enroll over 1185 Medicare beneficiaries in a short 9-week time frame for a research study.

Published in Journal of Patient Experience

ISSN: 2374-3735 (Print); 2374-3743 (Online)
Publisher: SAGE Publishing
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
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