Using Rapid Cycle Trials to Increase Patient Engagement in the Community Health Worker Program in the Emergency Department

Patient Engagement; Community Health Workers Clinical Trial

Official title:

Using Rapid Cycle Trials to Increase Patient Engagement in the Community Health Worker Program in the Emergency Department at NYU Langone Health Hospital-Brooklyn

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03455465
• Other study ID #: QI-CHW
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 26, 2018
• Est. completion date: November 27, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: March 2022
• Source: NYU Langone Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is evaluating the effectiveness of the post-discharge program facilitated by the Community Health Worker program in the Emergency Department at NYU Langone Health Hospital - Brooklyn and testing different strategies to increase patient engagement in the program.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2314
• Est. completion date: November 27, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: November 27, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who present for a visit at the Emergency Department at NYU Langone Brooklyn Hospital and who qualify for the Community Health Worker program assessment and enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria:

• N/A

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Patient Engagement; Community Health Workers

Intervention

Other:
• Community Health Worker Assessment
Participants will be approached by a community health worker who will ask them to complete an assessment of needs and offer to enroll them in post-discharge services to help address the needs identified.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	New York University School of Medicine	New York	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
NYU Langone Health

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Service utilization	Number of services (emergency department visits, etc.) utilized by the patient.	1 year
Primary	Post-discharge program enrollment rate	Total number of patients who agree to enroll in the post-discharge program/total number of patients approached by community health workers.	1 year