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Embedding research recruitment in a community resource e-prescribing system: lessons from an implementation study on Chicago's South Side.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:The study sought to implement and assess the CommunityRx e-prescribing system to recruit research participants from a predominantly non-Hispanic Black community on Chicago's South Side. MATERIALS AND METHODS:CommunityRx integrates with electronic medical record systems to generate a personalized list of health-promoting community resources (HealtheRx). Between December 2015 and December 2016, HealtheRxs distributed at outpatient visits to adults with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease also incentivized participation in a pulmonary research registry. Usual practices for registry recruitment continued in parallel. RESULTS:Focus groups established acceptability and appropriateness among the target population. Pulmonary research registry recruitment information was included on 13 437 HealtheRxs. Forty-one (90% non-Hispanic Black) patients responded with willingness to participate and 9 (8 non-Hispanic Black) returned a signed consent required to enroll. Usual recruitment practices enrolled 4 registrants (1 non-Hispanic Black). DISCUSSION:Automating research recruitment using a community e-prescribing system is feasible. CONCLUSIONS:Implementation of an electronic medical record-integrated, community resource referral tool promotes enrollment of eligible underrepresented research participants; however, enrollment was low.

SUBMITTER: Feldmeth G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7587152 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Embedding research recruitment in a community resource e-prescribing system: lessons from an implementation study on Chicago's South Side.

Feldmeth Gillian G Naureckas Edward T ET Solway Julian J Lindau Stacy Tessler ST

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 20190801 8-9

<h4>Objective</h4>The study sought to implement and assess the CommunityRx e-prescribing system to recruit research participants from a predominantly non-Hispanic Black community on Chicago's South Side.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>CommunityRx integrates with electronic medical record systems to generate a personalized list of health-promoting community resources (HealtheRx). Between December 2015 and December 2016, HealtheRxs distributed at outpatient visits to adults with asthma or chronic ob ...[more]

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Embedding research recruitment in a community resource e-prescribing system: lessons from an implementation study on Chicago's South Side.

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Embedding research recruitment in a community resource e-prescribing system: lessons from an implementation study on Chicago's South Side.

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