Status:
COMPLETED
Improving Safety of Transitions to Skilled Nursing Care Using Videoconferencing
Lead Sponsor:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
Brown University
Hebrew SeniorLife
Conditions:
Acute Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This prospective cohort study seeks to determine if the ECHO-CT program, a healthcare videoconferencing program, can improve clinical outcomes while reducing cost and resource utilization when expande...
Detailed Description
ECHO-Care Transitions is a healthcare outreach program utilizing videoconferencing technology to improve the quality and efficiency of care transitions for medically-complex elderly patients by connec...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Facility
- SNF receives approximately the middle third of referral volume (approx. 20-100 referrals/ average 40 per year)
- SNF not so highly engaged with acute hospital that their patients are less likely to benefit from the intervention.
- SNF affiliated with BIDMC Boston or BIDMC Needham
- Facility
Exclusion
- Has not recently participated in ECHO CT
- Do not send anyone to ECHO CT training
- Clinicians are unwilling to make a commitment to attend at least 75% of video conferences
- Patient Selection:
- ECHO-CT Group:
- Inclusion Criteria: Patients that were discharged from BIDMC and admitted to skilled nursing facilities that are participating in ECHO-CT between April 2019 and March 2021.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 30 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 31 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
10708 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03832257
Start Date
September 30 2018
End Date
August 31 2023
Last Update
November 30 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215