Using Rapid Cycle Trials to Increase Patient Engagement in the Community Health Worker Program in the Emergency Department

March 14, 2022 updated by: NYU Langone Health

Using Rapid Cycle Trials to Increase Patient Engagement in the Community Health Worker Program in the Emergency Department at NYU Langone Health Hospital-Brooklyn

This study is evaluating the effectiveness of the post-discharge program facilitated by the Community Health Worker program in the Emergency Department at NYU Langone Health Hospital - Brooklyn and testing different strategies to increase patient engagement in the program.

Study Overview

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

2314

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10016
        • New York University School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients who present for a visit at the Emergency Department at NYU Langone Brooklyn Hospital and who qualify for the Community Health Worker program assessment and enrollment.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who present for a visit at the Emergency Department at NYU Langone Brooklyn Hospital and who qualify for the Community Health Worker program assessment and enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • N/A

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
No intervention
Patients in this arm will not be approached by community health workers during their visit to the Emergency Department.
Community Health Worker Program
Participants in this group will be approached by a community health worker during their visit to the Emergency Department with the goal of enrolling them in a comprehensive post-discharge program.
Participants will be approached by a community health worker who will ask them to complete an assessment of needs and offer to enroll them in post-discharge services to help address the needs identified.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Service utilization
Time Frame: 1 year
Number of services (emergency department visits, etc.) utilized by the patient.
1 year
Post-discharge program enrollment rate
Time Frame: 1 year
Total number of patients who agree to enroll in the post-discharge program/total number of patients approached by community health workers.
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Leora Horwitz, MD, MHS, NYU School of Medicine

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 26, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 27, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

November 27, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 14, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 5, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

March 6, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 15, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 14, 2022

Last Verified

March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • QI-CHW

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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