Digital education aims to boost Hospital-at-Home care across scandinavia
NCT ID NCT07166653
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether an online education program for hospital staff can increase the use of hospital-at-home (HaH) services, where patients receive hospital-level care at home. Researchers will compare 14 hospitals in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden that receive the training against those that continue usual care. The main goal is to see if the training leads to more eligible patients being treated at home, with secondary measures including staff knowledge, motivation, and patient outcomes like readmission and mortality.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- online education program (NorDigHE HaH education)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that online training helps hospitals shift more care to patients' homes, reducing hospital stays and improving efficiency.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 14 hospitals, so results may not apply broadly. The education may not change staff behavior or patient outcomes as hoped.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 14 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria: Hospitals with clinical departments treating acutely ill in-patients that have, or are ready to establish, the prerequisites and infrastructure for HaH - regardless of the specific approach, envisioned HaH model, primary sector collaborations, or local sector collaboration agreements and frameworks. Each hospital must have or be ready to establish: 1. a governance structure to organize and oversee HaH-services. 2. an IT-platform capable of managing data from and to HaH patients. 3. a safe communication pathway between HaH-patient and the hospital. 4. clear agreements on types of data to be exchanged between HaH-patient and hospital. 5. agreements on roles, responsibilities, and capacity (incl. possibly primary sector entities). 6. clinical guidelines, standard operating procedures, and action plans to support the HaH work. Exclusion Criteria: * Hospitals that do not have or are not ready to secure relevant pre-requisites listed above (a to f).
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites in 3 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nordsjællands Hospital
RECRUITINGHillerød, Capitol Region of Denmark, 3400, Denmark
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Sahlgrenska University hospital
RECRUITINGGöteborg, Skåne County, Sweden
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University College of Østfold
RECRUITINGFredrikstad, Østfold fylke, Norway
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