Improving Health Outcomes and Equity by Targeting Postpartum Mothers at Highest Risk

Improving Health Outcomes and Equity by Targeting Postpartum Mothers at Highest Risk: a Pilot Randomized Control Trial

The goal of this educational clinical trial is to identify high-need women most at risk for poor outcomes following delivery, the problems they experience, and to create a system to improve quality of postpartum care for these high-need patients.

The main question[s] it aims to answer are:

1. How can the investigators help postpartum patients who have poor outcomes by decreasing the number of ED visits/readmissions for these patients within the first 30 days postpartum?
2. How can the investigators increase the ability of participants to "obtain needed services" and ability for patients to see their provider when they need to, in the 30-day post discharge period as one of the main pathways of unnecessary ED visits?

Participants will be put into the study group or control group. The study group will receive a pamphlet postpartum with helpful information as well as a patient navigator who the participants will be able to reach out to their first 30 days postpartum.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Postpartum patients who have delivered a baby at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
• Ages 18 or older
• Self-identify as Black (listed on chart)
• Speak English
• Able to read
• Other characteristics defined by our risk prediction model (algorithm)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable to provide informed consent
• Speaks a language other than English