Testing health information technology tools to facilitate health insurance support: a protocol for an effectiveness-implementation hybrid randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with gaps in health insurance coverage often defer or forgo cancer prevention services. These delays in cancer detection and diagnoses lead to higher rates of morbidity and mortality and increased costs. Recent advances in health information technology (HIT) create new opportunities to enhance insurance support services that reduce coverage gaps through automated processes applied in healthcare settings. This study will assess the implementation of insurance support HIT tools and their effectiveness at improving patients' insurance coverage continuity and cancer screening rates.

Methods/design

This study uses a hybrid cluster-randomized design-a combined effectiveness and implementation trial-in community health centers (CHCs) in the USA. Eligible CHC cli

SUBMITTER: DeVoe JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4676134 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature