PartnerED Care: Coordinated Emergency Department Transitions for Assisted Living Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Brown University
- Enrollment
- 1,376
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Percent of Eligible Emergency Department Visits With Completed Outreach
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this observational study is to learn the feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness, and adherence to a case management intervention. PartnerED is a case management intervention that aims to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions by providing real-time, structured information and discharge support to emergency department providers via phone and fax. The intervention is led by chronic care managers employed by Bluestone Accountable Care Organization, a physician group primarily serving patients in assisted living centers.
Detailed Description
PartnerED is a case management intervention that aims to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions by providing real-time, structured information and discharge support to emergency department providers via phone and fax. The intervention is led by chronic care managers employed by Bluestone Accountable Care Organization, a physician group primarily serving patients in assisted living centers.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Bluestone Accountable Care Organization patient
- •Registration in emergency department between November 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024, as recorded in electronic admission, discharge, and transfer notifications
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
All patients with eligible emergency department visits
Eligible emergency department visits were identified using electronic admission, discharge, and transfer notifications
Intervention: Structured case management (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Percent of Eligible Emergency Department Visits With Completed Outreach
Time Frame: Within 1-3 hours of emergency department registration
Percent of eligible emergency department visits in which a case manager provided structured clinical and discharge support information to a emergency department provider about a patient who was in their care, with the goal of avoiding an unnecessary hospitalization
Secondary Outcomes
- Percent of Successful Outreach Conversations in Which Staff Reported Avoidance of an Unnecessary Hospitalization(Within 24 hours of emergency department registration)
Investigators
Ellen McCreedy
Associate Professor
Brown University