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Adapted Hospital Discharge Intervention: the CONNECT Pilot

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllBoston Medical Center
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Hospital discharge is a dangerous time for patients: one in five will suffer an adverse event, such as a medication error, and nearly 25% will be readmitted within 30 days. This time is even more dangerous for patients with who face communication barriers, including those with non-English language preference (NELP), low health literacy, and the elderly. The investigators will pilot a post-discharge educational intervention to reinforce written discharge instructions (known as the After Visit Summary or AVS) using a randomized controlled trial design (2:1 intervention: control). The control group will receive current standard of care discharge education which includes a nurse reviewing their AVS and an automated call in English that allows patients to numerically select types of problems/questions that are then escalated to a nurse who should return their call within a few days. The inte

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๐Ÿ“‹ Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Registered language in Epic (written or spoken) is Spanish, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Cape Verdean, or Vietnamese * Admitted to medicine team at Boston Medical Center (BMC) * Being discharged home (to the community) Exclusion Criteria: * On airborne infections precautions at time of recruitment * On C diff precautions at time of recruitment * On suicide precautions at time of recruitment * Nurse report of participant displaying cognitive impairment, ongoing delirium, or aggression * Discharge observed during a prior admission
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What it tests

  • Additional post discharge phone call
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Where

1 site
Boston Medical Center
Boston, United States
๐Ÿค Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible โ€” always decide together with your own doctor.
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