PartnerED Care: Coordinated Emergency Department Transitions for Assisted Living Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

Brown University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alzheimer Disease or Associated Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Structured case management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06933849

U54AG063546_Pilot Cycle 5A

U54AG063546 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 1,989 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,989 participants in 1 patient group

All patients with eligible emergency department visits between November 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Structured case management