Actively Recruiting
Emergency Department Linkage to Care for Patients Experiencing Homelessness
Led by Denver Health and Hospital Authority · Updated on 2026-01-28
390
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
103 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
In an effort to improve access to primary care at time of discharge, patients who are homeless will be given either enhanced follow up through a street medicine team or routine follow up in clinic.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Emergency Department Linkage to Care for Patients Experiencing Homelessness
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Adult 18 years or older visiting the Denver Health Medical Center emergency department
- Currently unsheltered, living on the streets, in a vehicle, or in another place unfit for human habitation
- Anticipating discharge from the emergency department
- Diagnosed with a condition requiring short-term follow-up such as COPD or asthma exacerbation, pneumonia, congestive heart failure with volume overload, skin and soft tissue infection, dehydration requiring IV fluids, hyperglycemia secondary to diabetes, frostbite, first- or second-degree burns, bacterial ENT infections, diabetic foot infection, traumatic head injury, pregnancy, or opioid overdose
- Has a stable location within Denver County (like a landmark or encampment) where the street medicine team can find them for at least 2 weeks
You will not qualify if you...
- Altered mental status such as intoxication or medical, psychiatric, or behavioral conditions that prevent communication of location or contact information or agreement to follow-up
- Currently incarcerated or a prisoner
- Previously enrolled in this study
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Denver Health Medical Center
Denver, Colorado, United States, 80204
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
K
Kathleen M Joseph, MD MPH
CONTACT
C
Carolynn Lyle, PAC MPH
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
2
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