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CompletedNCT03455465Updated Mar 15, 2022

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

An observational study in Patient Engagement; Community Health Workers, sponsored by NYU Langone Health. Completed at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-03-15.

Sponsored by NYU Langone Health · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
2,314
Sex
All
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Study 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.

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Conditions studied

  • Patient Engagement; Community Health Workers

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

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.

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

Exclusion Criteria:

  • N/A
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
2,314 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • No intervention

    Patients in this arm will not be approached by community health workers during their visit to the Emergency Department.

  • Community Health Worker Program

    Participants in this group will be approached by a community health worker during their visit to the Emergency Department with the goal of enrolling them in a comprehensive post-discharge program.

    Other: Community Health Worker Assessment

Interventions

  • OtherCommunity 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.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Service utilization

    Number of services (emergency department visits, etc.) utilized by the patient.

    Time frame: 1 year

  2. 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.

    Time frame: 1 year

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Study locations

1 site
  • New York University School of Medicine
    New York, New York 10016, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03455465
Lead sponsor
NYU Langone Health
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 6, 2018
Start date
Feb 26, 2018
Primary completion
Nov 27, 2018
Completion
Nov 27, 2018
Last update
Mar 15, 2022

Study contacts

Leora Horwitz, MD, MHS
principal investigator · NYU School of Medicine

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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