Status:

COMPLETED

Improving Safety of Transitions to Skilled Nursing Care Using Videoconferencing

Lead Sponsor:

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

Brown University

Hebrew SeniorLife

Conditions:

Acute Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

65+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This prospective cohort study seeks to determine if the ECHO-CT program, a healthcare videoconferencing program, can improve clinical outcomes while reducing cost and resource utilization when expande...

Detailed Description

ECHO-Care Transitions is a healthcare outreach program utilizing videoconferencing technology to improve the quality and efficiency of care transitions for medically-complex elderly patients by connec...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Facility
  • SNF receives approximately the middle third of referral volume (approx. 20-100 referrals/ average 40 per year)
  • SNF not so highly engaged with acute hospital that their patients are less likely to benefit from the intervention.
  • SNF affiliated with BIDMC Boston or BIDMC Needham
  • Facility

Exclusion

  • Has not recently participated in ECHO CT
  • Do not send anyone to ECHO CT training
  • Clinicians are unwilling to make a commitment to attend at least 75% of video conferences
  • Patient Selection:
  • ECHO-CT Group:
  • Inclusion Criteria: Patients that were discharged from BIDMC and admitted to skilled nursing facilities that are participating in ECHO-CT between April 2019 and March 2021.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 30 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 31 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

10708 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03832257

Start Date

September 30 2018

End Date

August 31 2023

Last Update

November 30 2023

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215