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

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

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Patient Engagement; Community Health Workers
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Community Health Worker Assessment

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 2314

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

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

Participation Criteria

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

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

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.	Other: Community Health Worker Assessment; 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	Number of services (emergency department visits, etc.) utilized by the patient.	1 year
Post-discharge program enrollment rate	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

• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Leora Horwitz, MD, MHS, NYU School of Medicine

Study record dates

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: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Emergencies
• 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