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The goal of this campaign is to reduce unnecessary emergency department (ED) visits by encouraging patients with high acuity visits to follow up with an appropriate primary care provider (PCP) or specialist and therefore obtain appropriate care outside of the ED. In this campaign, patients will be assigned to receive or not receive outreach following ED discharge that is aligned with the goal. Outreach will occur via a text message and information added to the patient's after visit summary, and will include a contact number to schedule and hyperlink to allow self-scheduling. The study will assess whether ED use differs across patients in different outreach conditions. It will also examine whether patients followed through on the calls to action in the messages differently across conditions.
Enrollment will conclude when either 7500 participants have been enrolled or after 120 days, whichever occurs first.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Control | No Intervention | This arm will receive no intervention outside of usual care. | |
| Experimental: Schedule Follow-Up Visit - 1 message | Experimental | This arm will receive a text message (at 1 day post-ED discharge) and information added to the patient's after visit summary providing a number and patient portal hyperlink via which to schedule an ED follow-up appointment. |
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| Experimental: Schedule Follow-Up Visit - 2 messages | Experimental | This arm will receive text messages (at 1 day and 8 days post-ED discharge) and information added to the patient's after visit summary providing a number and patient portal hyperlink via which to schedule an ED follow-up appointment. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information about scheduling a follow-up appointment | Behavioral | Text message(s) will be sent following discharge from the emergency department, along with an after visit summary. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Return to ED | ED visit (yes/no) | within 120 days following day of discharge |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| PCP/specialist appointment made | PCP or specialist appointment made | within 7 days following day of discharge |
| PCP/specialist appointment made | PCP or specialist appointment made |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Amir Goren, PhD | Geisinger Clinic | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Geisinger Health System | Danville | Pennsylvania | 17822 | United States |
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| Type | Includes Protocol | Includes SAP | Includes ICF | Document Label | Document Date | Document Uploaded Date | Document File Name |
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| Prot_SAP | Yes | Yes | No | Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan | Aug 9, 2024 | Aug 9, 2024 | Prot_SAP_000.pdf |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D004630 | Emergencies |
| ID | Term |
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| D020969 | Disease Attributes |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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Patients will be aware of their own messages but will not be aware of other messages.
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| within 14 days following day of discharge |
| PCP/specialist appointment made | PCP or specialist appointment made | within 30 days following day of discharge |
| PCP/specialist appointment made | PCP or specialist appointment made | within 60 days following day of discharge |
| PCP/specialist appointment attended | PCP or specialist appointment attended | within 7 days following day of discharge |
| PCP/specialist appointment attended | PCP or specialist appointment attended | within 14 days following day of discharge |
| PCP/specialist appointment attended | PCP or specialist appointment attended | within 30 days following day of discharge |
| PCP/specialist appointment attended | PCP or specialist appointment attended | within 60 days following day of discharge |