Text or portal: which gets parents access to Kids' health records faster?
NCT ID NCT05989308
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at the best way to help parents get online access to their child's medical records. About 5,200 parents will either get a text, a message through their own patient portal, or no message at all. Researchers will then compare which group had more parents successfully activate access.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 5,200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Guardian of a child aged ≤12 years seen in one of the two identified health centers within the last 3 years with guardian status and contact information documented in the child's EHR Exclusion Criteria: * Preferred method of contact for guardians with no MyChart is telephone or physical letter to home * Guardians with EHR proxy access already activated for all children in their care.
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cornell Scott Hill Health Center
RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
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Fair Haven Community Health Center
RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06513, United States
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Yale New Haven Health
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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Yale School of Medicine
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States