Status:
COMPLETED
Testing the Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge
Lead Sponsor:
Boston University
Conditions:
All
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if the "Re-Engineered Discharge" will decrease rehospitalization rates and adverse events of patients leaving Boston Medical Center.
Detailed Description
This project responds to the problems of non-standardized care and discontinuity at hospital discharge. Post-discharge adverse events are common and have been well documented. However, to date, there ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The Project Director will meet with the subject to determine if the patient meets inclusion or exclusion criteria.
- Inclusion criteria include are patients who:
- are over 18 years old;
- are to be discharged to a community, non-institutionalized setting;
- report that they desire to be hospitalized in the future if there is a clinical need; and
- are admitted to Firm B of the BMC Inpatient Service.
Exclusion
- admitted to non-general Medical services at BMC (e.g., orthopedic surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, general surgery, or psychiatry);
- requiring hospice, nursing home or other institutional settings upon discharge,
- who die during the admission,
- subjects who speak languages other than English;
- those who indicate that they have no access to a telephone or unable to give a contact telephone number; and
- those not competent to sign informed consent.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
749 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00252057
Start Date
December 1 2005
End Date
October 1 2007
Last Update
March 28 2017
Active Locations (1)
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Boston Medical center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118