Status:
COMPLETED
Value of Technology to Transfer Discharge Information
Lead Sponsor:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Illinois at Chicago
Conditions:
Information Dissemination
Interprofessional Relations
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The transition from hospital to home is a high-risk period in a patient's illness. Poor communication between healthcare providers at hospital discharge is common and contributes to adverse events aff...
Detailed Description
Objectives: The study is designed to compare the benefits of discharge health information technology versus usual care in high-risk patients recently discharged from acute care hospitalization. STUDY...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inpatients at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
- Discharged by the hospitalist service or other inpatient services
- High risk for poor post-discharge outcomes defined as probability of readmission (PRA) 0.4 or above
Exclusion
- Less than 18 years old
- Unwilling or unable to provide written consent
- Life expectancy less than 6 months
- Will receive outpatient care from a primary care physician who is the same as the discharging physician
- Do not speak English or Spanish
- Not alert and oriented when admitted
- Do not have telephone for post-discharge contact
- Do not reside in Central Illinois
- Will be discharged to a nursing home
- Previously enrolled as subjects in the trial
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
631 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00101868
Start Date
December 1 2004
End Date
August 1 2007
Last Update
May 15 2012
Active Locations (1)
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OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Peoria, Illinois, United States, 61637