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The Enhanced Discharge Planning Program (EDPP) is an intervention designed to help older adults safely transition to the community after discharge. This is achieved through telephonic care coordination facilitated by social workers. EDPP social workers ensure full implementation of the discharge plan, assist with coordinating community resources and follow-up appointments, and intervene around other issues that may arise as a result of a complex transition. The EDPP intervention is currently being offered to some older adult patients discharged from Rush University Medical Center. Case managers refer older adult patients on selected units who they believe may be at risk for adverse events post-discharge. While this service is being provided to patients, it has not yet been formally evaluated. This randomized controlled trial will provide data necessary for a more rigorous evaluation of the efficacy of this intervention.


Clinical Trial Description

The Enhanced Discharge Planning Program (EDPP) is an intervention designed to help older adults safely transition to the community after discharge. This is achieved through telephonic care coordination facilitated by social workers. EDPP social workers ensure full implementation of the discharge plan, assist with coordinating community resources and follow-up appointments, and intervene around other issues that may arise as a result of a complex transition. The EDPP intervention is currently being offered to some older adult patients discharged from Rush University Medical Center. Case managers refer older adult patients on selected units who they believe may be at risk for adverse events post-discharge. While this service is being provided to patients, it has not yet been formally evaluated. This randomized controlled trial will provide data necessary for a more rigorous evaluation of the efficacy of this intervention. Research Process 1. Rush University Medical Center inpatients receive the Enhanced Discharge Planning Program information sheet in the Rush patient education packet. All Rush inpatients will receive an informational sheet about the EDPP study, with an exception of pediatric and labor/delivery inpatients. The sheet will be included in the patient education packets distributed by Rush. This will make patients aware of the EDPP program before they leave the hospital and prepare them for a call once they return home. 2. Eligible patients are referred to the Enhanced Discharge Planning Program at their point of discharge via an electronic referral report through Epic. EDPP receives an electronic referral report of all patients meeting the specified referral criteria. Referral is dependent on discharge data recorded by Rush nurses and case managers in the Epic electronic medical record and generated at the point of discharge. The electronic system ensures a streamlined, standardized referral process by creating an automatic referral based upon documentation completed as part of nurse's and case manager's typical workflow. An anticipated 720 patients will be electronically referred during the duration of the study. 3. The Enhanced Discharge Planning Program project coordinator receives the daily referral report and inputs patients into the block randomization scheme. The project coordinator will input referrals into the existing block randomization scheme after receiving the electronic report at the beginning of the day. Referrals will be copied into the scheme in the same order as reported - sorted by episode number - to reduce bias. Patients assigned to the intervention group will be forwarded to the EDPP social workers. The usual care group will be managed by the project coordinator and student interns under her direct supervision. 4. The Enhanced Discharge Planning Program social worker contacts the intervention group to provide clinical care and obtain consent. ;


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NCT number NCT01378234
Study type Interventional
Source Rush University Medical Center
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date June 2009
Completion date July 2010

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