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The investigators propose a pilot randomized controlled trial of a care transitions intervention in which trained Community Health Workers will act as supports for socioeconomically vulnerable patients who are being discharged from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Presbyterian Hospital. CHWs or IMPaCT Partners will help patients to overcome the challenges of transition, including arranging primary care provider (PCP) follow-up, filling medication prescriptions and obtaining referrals to community-based social services. As our primary outcome, the investigators will examine the effect of the IMPaCT intervention on rates of primary care follow-up. The investigators will also examine the effect of IMPaCT on secondary outcome variables including patients' satisfaction with the experience of transition, quality of discharge communication, medication adherence, self- rated health, and inpatient readmission within 30 days after discharge.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| PaCT | Experimental | The Patient-Centered Transition Arm |
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| Control | No Intervention | Control group patients will receive routine care from the admitting hospital, including routine patient management, and discharge planning. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient-Centered Transition Intervention | Behavioral | Community Health Workers will act as PaCT Partners for uninsured/Medicaid patients who are being discharged from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Presbyterian Hospital. PaCT Partners will help patients to overcome the challenges of transition, including arranging primary care provider (PCP) follow-up, filling medication prescriptions and obtaining referrals to community-based social services. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Completion of Follow-up Appointment with PCP | We hypothesize that compared to patients who receive usual discharge planning, PaCT patients will have a higher proportion of follow-up to PCP within two weeks post-discharge, compared with usual discharge planning. | 14 days post discharge |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Morisky Medication Adherence scale. | We hypothesize that compared to patients with usual discharge planning, PaCT patients will have higher medication adherence as measured by the Morisky Medication Adherence scale. | 14 days post-discharge |
| Patient Activation Measure |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19103 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 24515422 | Derived | Kangovi S, Mitra N, Grande D, White ML, McCollum S, Sellman J, Shannon RP, Long JA. Patient-centered community health worker intervention to improve posthospital outcomes: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Apr;174(4):535-43. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.14327. |
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We hypothesize that compared to patients with usual discharge planning, PaCT patients will exhibit a higher level of patient activation as measured by the Patient Activation Measure. |
| 14 days post discharge |
| Self-rated Health | We hypothesize that compared with usual discharge planning, PaCT patients will report better health as measured by the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) at 14 days post-discharge. | 14 days post-discharge |
| Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire | We hypothesize that compared with usual discharge planning, PaCT patients will report higher satisfaction as measured by the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ) at 14 days post-discharge. | 14 days post discharge |
| Acute Care Reutilization | We hypothesize that compared with usual discharge planning, PaCT patients will have lower combined rates of unplanned readmissions at 30 days post-discharge | 30 days post-discharge |
| Quality of Discharge Planning | Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey item pertaining to quality of verbal discharge communication | 14 days post-discharge |