Status:
COMPLETED
Care Anywhere With Community Paramedics Program to Reduce Hospitalization
Lead Sponsor:
Mayo Clinic
Conditions:
Acute Illness
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this research is to compare the effectiveness of the Care Anywhere with Community Paramedics program with usual care in a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. The goal of the Care Any...
Detailed Description
This pragmatic randomized controlled trial will randomize, with 1:1 allocation, 240 adults being treated in the pre-hospital setting, emergency department or hospital to either availability of the Car...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult (age ≥ 18 years) patients currently admitted to the ED, hospital or are in a pre-hospital setting but being considered for referral to the ED or hospital in Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN and Barron, WI but do not require hospital-level monitoring or care other than services that could be delivered by CPs in the ambulatory setting.
- Must reside within approximately a 40-mile radius of Rochester, MN or within the service radius of Barron, WI.
- Participants who require assistance with activities of daily living, or who are at increased risk for falls, need to have a caregiver available at home
Exclusion
- Referring clinician and the community paramedic service do not believe the patient to be clinically appropriate for outpatient care with the CACP program.
- Inability or unwillingness of individual or legal guardian/representative to give written informed consent.
- Clinical, behavioral, or cognitive instability, determined by the referring clinician or the CACP service.
- Living conditions unsafe for CPs to enter (patient refuses to secure weapons or animals prior to CP's arrival).
- Enrolled in the trial during an earlier hospitalization or ED visit.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 21 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 31 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
250 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05232799
Start Date
January 21 2022
End Date
March 31 2023
Last Update
October 5 2023
Active Locations (2)
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Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
2
Mayo Clinic Health System
Barron, Wisconsin, United States, 54812