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

Overview

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.

Full Title of Study: “Using Rapid Cycle Trials to Increase Patient Engagement in the Community Health Worker Program in the Emergency Department at NYU Langone Health Hospital-Brooklyn”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Observational
  • Study Design
    • Time Perspective: Prospective
  • Study Primary Completion Date: November 27, 2018

Interventions

  • 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.

Arms, 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.

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

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

Participating in This Clinical Trial

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

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: N/A

Maximum Age: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • NYU Langone Health
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Sponsor
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Leora Horwitz, MD, MHS, Principal Investigator, NYU School of Medicine

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