Acute Care in the home: A county hospital's experience through the patient's eyes

Information sheet about participation in a research study titled: Acute care in the home: A county hospital's experience through the patient's eyes

To be conducted at Parkland Health & Hospital System Dallas, Texas

Who is conducting the study? Kristin Alvarez, the Director of Clinical Innovations at Parkland Health, is conducting this study.

What is the purpose of the research? This study is being done to find out how patients experience Acute Care at Home and to identify opportunities to improve the experience.

Who is asked to participate? Patients who participated in and have been discharged from the Acute Care at Home program are being asked to participate. If requested, your caregiver can participate in the study as well.

Do you have to be in this study? You do not have to participate if you don't want to. You may also leave the study at any time. If you decide to stop taking part in this research study, it will not affect your relationship with the Parkland staff or doctors. Whether you participate or not will have no effect on your legal rights or the quality of your health care. If you are a medical student, fellow, faculty, or staff at the Medical Center, your status will not be affected in any way.

What are the Research Procedures? If you agree to participate, you will be asked to speak with a member of our research team related to your Acute Care at Home experience. This will take about 30-40 minutes and will be done in-person or over the phone, determined by your preference. If you consent to participate in an interview, we will take notes and audio record the conversation with your consent. Audio recordings are not required, and you may choose not to be audio recorded. All audio recordings will be confidential and will be destroyed after completion of the study. We will also collect medical information from your medical record.

What are the Risks and Benefits? You may not receive any personal benefits from being in this study. We hope the information learned from this study will benefit other people in the Acute Care at Home program in the future.

Costs and Compensation: There will be no extra costs to you for participating in this research study, as the surveys can be completed by telephone. There will be no compensation for your study participation.

Confidentiality: Survey and medical record data will be collected by the study team and stored in a secure, password protected database, accessible only to members of the study team. Information we learn about you in this study will be handled in a confidential manner. If we publish the results of the study in a scientific journal or book, we will not identify you. IRB Approved Date: 4/17/2024 Information Sheet about participation in a research study titled: Acute care in the home: A county hospital’s experience through the patient’s eyes STAMPED STU2024-0173, Alvarez, FormE.I-InfoSheet, Mod_1, 04-17-24 Page 2 of 2 Form E.I – Information Sheet v2 January 2019 Any data collected as part of this study may be used for future research studies without your consent. Any information that identifies you will be removed before it is used for future research studies. The authorization to use your health information in this study has no expiration date. You may cancel this authorization at any time. If you decide to cancel this authorization, you will no longer be able to take part in this research study. The study team may still use and share the information that they have already collected before you canceled the authorization.

Contact Information for questions or comments: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) oversees research on human subjects. HRPP and Institutional Review Board (IRB) representatives will answer any questions about your rights as a research subject, and take any concerns, comments or complaints you may wish to offer. You can contact the HRPP by calling the office at 214-648-3060. Before you agree to participate, make sure you have read (or been read) the information provided above; your questions have been answered to your satisfaction; and you have freely decided to participate in this research.