NCT01821014

Satellite-supplementation of Medical Outreach Clinics: a Feasibility Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 144 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Much of the basic general medical care and chronic disease management in rural Honduras comes from groups of volunteers setting up temporary clinics run by volunteers. These clinics, also known as brigades, or medical missions, are often criticized for their lack of quality and the lack of follow-up, both of which stem, in part, from understaffing with volunteer physicians. This study is designed to assess if it is feasible, safe, and acceptable to treat patients in short-term mobile medical clinics in rural Honduras using US physicians connected with patients by videoconference.

Conditions

• Telemedicine
• Primary Health Care
• Developing Countries
• Diagnosis
• Therapeutics

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Telemedicine	Patients undergo a detailed history and examination to the degree that is possible using the videoconference program, skype, a digital camera for high-resolution images, and an electronic stethoscope. A clinic volunteer aids with examination, translation and documentation.
OTHER	In-person physician interaction	Patients undergo a detailed history and examination by an in-person physician. A clinic volunteer aids with examination, translation and documentation, as needed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-02-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-01
• Completion: 2013-06-01
• First posted: 2013-03-29
• Last updated: 2014-05-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Honduras