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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
270 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-07-01
2017-10-01
Brief Summary
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To assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of CareHub, our team will randomly assign patients to a usual care setting or CareHub setting, and measure clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, readmissions, and length of stay through 6 months post-discharge in both groups.Patients enrolled in both groups will receive post-discharge care for six months after discharge. CareHub patients will receive a single point of contact for access to usual care services. Recruitment for this pilot will be from 20 April 2016 - approximately late October 2016, and the CareHub team will provide 6 months of post-discharge support. The entire pilot will thus run from 20 April 2016 - April / May 2017, with data collection extending 6 months after the last patient is enrolled.
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Detailed Description
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The National University Hospital System has designed and is piloting an improved post-discharge care programme called CareHub for patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Recruitment for this pilot will be from 20 April 2016 - approximately late October 2016, and the CareHub team will provide 6 months of post-discharge support. The entire pilot will thus run from 20 April 2016 - April / May 2017.
CareHub is a post-discharge care programme that is designed to streamline and better coordinate current programmes for patients at high risk of readmission. Patients enrolled in CareHub and usual care will receive post-discharge care for six months after discharge. However, patients in CareHub will experience:
(i) Provision of a single point of contact for all the patient's needs, to help patients and their families navigate the healthcare system as well as various programmes available in the hospital and community. Care Coordinator identifies patients and starts working with care team during the inpatient phase, and follows patient through to the post-discharge phase.
(ii) More structured and regular telephone support and checks, to help ease the hospital-to-home transition, as well as to provide more opportunity to verify that patients are adhering to their recommended treatment (which may include e.g. checking that patients have made use of the daycare services CareHub recommended).
(iii) A call center which will operate during office hours, where tele-consult will be available from and nurses/care coordinators.
(iv) A consolidated multi-disciplinary discharge plan, based on the input of all healthcare workers caring for the patient. These include the CareHub coordinator, ward doctor and nurse, heart failure care manager, and allied health professionals, as required.
(v) Early identification and preparation for post-discharge care. Healthcare workers listed in (iv) will participate in a daily in-patient multi-disciplinary ward huddle, to discuss the patient's condition and start early preparation for post-discharge care.
To assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of CareHub, our team will randomly assign patients to a usual care setting or CareHub setting, and measure clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, readmissions, and length of stay through 6 months post-discharge in both groups.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
NONE
Study Groups
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Usual Care
Telephone and/or home visits at 1 week, and thereafter, monthly for 6 months, to check on medication compliance and/or medical social problems and/or physical therapy needs and/or health-related financial challenges by the relevant service departments as recommended by the discharging physician.
Usual Care
CareHub
Telephone follow-up by a nurse care coordinator acting as single point of contact for medication compliance and/or medical social problems and/or physical therapy needs and/or health-related financial challenges based on automatic enrollment using ACE score cut-off at admission.
CareHub
Interventions
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Usual Care
CareHub
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
99 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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National University Health System, Singapore
OTHER
Johns Hopkins University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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John Wong, MD, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
National University Hospital System
Phillip Phan, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Johns Hopkins University
Locations
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National University Hospital
Singapore, , Singapore
Countries
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References
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Jencks SF, Williams MV, Coleman EA. Rehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare fee-for-service program. N Engl J Med. 2009 Apr 2;360(14):1418-28. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa0803563.
Coleman EA. Falling through the cracks: challenges and opportunities for improving transitional care for persons with continuous complex care needs. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003 Apr;51(4):549-55. doi: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51185.x.
Greysen SR, Harrison JD, Kripalani S, Vasilevskis E, Robinson E, Metlay J, Schnipper JL, Meltzer D, Sehgal N, Ruhnke GW, Williams MV, Auerbach AD. Understanding patient-centred readmission factors: a multi-site, mixed-methods study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Jan;26(1):33-41. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004570. Epub 2016 Jan 14.
Wee SL, Loke CK, Liang C, Ganesan G, Wong LM, Cheah J. Effectiveness of a national transitional care program in reducing acute care use. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Apr;62(4):747-53. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12750. Epub 2014 Mar 17.
Coleman EA, Smith JD, Frank JC, Min SJ, Parry C, Kramer AM. Preparing patients and caregivers to participate in care delivered across settings: the Care Transitions Intervention. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Nov;52(11):1817-25. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52504.x.
Naylor M, Brooten D, Jones R, Lavizzo-Mourey R, Mezey M, Pauly M. Comprehensive discharge planning for the hospitalized elderly. A randomized clinical trial. Ann Intern Med. 1994 Jun 15;120(12):999-1006. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-120-12-199406150-00005.
Allen J, Hutchinson AM, Brown R, Livingston PM. Quality care outcomes following transitional care interventions for older people from hospital to home: a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014 Aug 15;14:346. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-346.
Provided Documents
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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan
Other Identifiers
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NUHSCareHub
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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