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

NYU Langone Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patient Engagement; Community Health Workers

Treatments: Other: Community Health Worker Assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03455465

QI-CHW

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 2,314 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

2,314 participants in 2 patient groups

No intervention

Description:

Patients in this arm will not be approached by community health workers during their visit to the Emergency Department.

Community Health Worker Program

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: Community Health Worker Assessment