Analysis of the Virtual Acute Care at Home Experience

NCT ID: NCT05952999

Last Updated: 2025-04-29

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Total Enrollment

9654 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-08-15

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to examine the implementation, intervention effectiveness, and dissemination of a digital acute care delivery model for improving selected health outcomes in the Hospital at Home population.

Detailed Description

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The investigators will conduct a mixed-methods quasi-experimental research study that will explore the effectiveness of the Hospital at home programs using qualitative interviews and quantitative data as a means to also conduct a process evaluation related to the implementation and efficacy of Hospital at Home programs. The purpose of this pragmatic study is to inform scalability beyond the initial site for implementation within a large healthcare system with a diverse patient population located in various communities, including rural and urban locations.

Conditions

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Conditions Infections Heart Failure Renal and Urinary Disorders Diabetes Hypertension Fever Bronchitis Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Hospital at Home Care

The population for this study includes adult patients who are acutely ill and presenting to the emergency room, and are discharged to their home for hospital-level care in the home setting. The patients in this cohort may also include those who are discharged from the hospital early, but receive hospital-level care in the home setting.

Digital Care Solution as supportive personalized care

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will need to meet screening and inclusion criteria at time of enrollment. As a pragmatic study, researchers will not determine criteria or management of care aspects for patients.

Traditional Hospital Care

The population for this study includes adult patients who are acutely ill and presenting to the emergency room who elect not to be discharged, choose to be cared for in the hospital setting.

Traditional Hospital Level Care

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will be cared for in the inpatient setting for management of diseases that meet screening and inclusion criteria at time of enrollment for hospital at home. As a pragmatic study, researchers will not determine criteria or management of care aspects for patients.

Interventions

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Digital Care Solution as supportive personalized care

Patients will need to meet screening and inclusion criteria at time of enrollment. As a pragmatic study, researchers will not determine criteria or management of care aspects for patients.

Intervention Type OTHER

Traditional Hospital Level Care

Patients will be cared for in the inpatient setting for management of diseases that meet screening and inclusion criteria at time of enrollment for hospital at home. As a pragmatic study, researchers will not determine criteria or management of care aspects for patients.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Traditional Hospital Level Care

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients 18 years and older who are admitted into the Hospital at Home program after presenting to the emergency department or who are inpatients that can be cared at home for hospital level needs
* Patients meeting the hospital's criteria for admission by diagnosis type (e.g., heart failure, respiratory infections and inflammations, renal failure, diabetes, pneumonia, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, fever and inflammatory conditions, viral illnesses, other disorders of the nervous system). Diagnoses are determined by clinicians not researchers.
* Patients will need to reside within 30 minutes' drive time from the hospital


* Age \>= 18 years old
* as capacity to consent to study


* Any member of the home hospital clinical team (a healthcare professional who providing care or equipment for use in the home) who will be participating in delivery of healthcare services,
* Any member of the hospital care teams, including the screening and recruitment of patients for the home hospital intervention and/or providing care to patients that enroll in the intervention that is provided
* Any member of the leadership team who are involved in the operational aspects of program delivery

Exclusion Criteria

* Need for long-term facility level care or current residence in a facility of this type
* No one will be excluded on the basis of sex or race
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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OSF Healthcare System

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Colleen J Klein

Education & Research Scientist, Center for Advanced Practice, Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Colleen Klein, PhD, APRN

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

OSF HealthCare

Locations

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OSF HealthCare

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Arsenault-Lapierre G, Henein M, Gaid D, Le Berre M, Gore G, Vedel I. Hospital-at-Home Interventions vs In-Hospital Stay for Patients With Chronic Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2111568. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.11568.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34100939 (View on PubMed)

Brody AA, Arbaje AI, DeCherrie LV, Federman AD, Leff B, Siu AL. Starting Up a Hospital at Home Program: Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Mar;67(3):588-595. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15782. Epub 2019 Feb 8.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30735244 (View on PubMed)

Chua CMS, Ko SQ, Lai YF, Lim YW, Shorey S. Perceptions of Hospital-at-Home Among Stakeholders: a Meta-synthesis. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Feb;37(3):637-650. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07065-0. Epub 2021 Aug 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34363185 (View on PubMed)

Cooling M, Klein CJ, Pierce LM, Delinski N, Lotz A, Vozenilek JA. Access to Care: End-to-End Digital Response for COVID-19 Care Delivery. J Nurse Pract. 2022 Feb;18(2):232-235. doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.09.011. Epub 2021 Sep 25.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34608377 (View on PubMed)

Dismore LL, Echevarria C, van Wersch A, Gibson J, Bourke S. What are the positive drivers and potential barriers to implementation of hospital at home selected by low-risk DECAF score in the UK: a qualitative study embedded within a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2019 Apr 4;9(4):e026609. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026609.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30948606 (View on PubMed)

Federman AD, Soones T, DeCherrie LV, Leff B, Siu AL. Association of a Bundled Hospital-at-Home and 30-Day Postacute Transitional Care Program With Clinical Outcomes and Patient Experiences. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Aug 1;178(8):1033-1040. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2562.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29946693 (View on PubMed)

Leff B, Burton L, Mader SL, Naughton B, Burl J, Inouye SK, Greenough WB 3rd, Guido S, Langston C, Frick KD, Steinwachs D, Burton JR. Hospital at home: feasibility and outcomes of a program to provide hospital-level care at home for acutely ill older patients. Ann Intern Med. 2005 Dec 6;143(11):798-808. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-143-11-200512060-00008.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16330791 (View on PubMed)

Savundranayagam MY, Montgomery RJ, Kosloski K. A dimensional analysis of caregiver burden among spouses and adult children. Gerontologist. 2011 Jun;51(3):321-31. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnq102. Epub 2010 Dec 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Shelton RC, Chambers DA, Glasgow RE. An Extension of RE-AIM to Enhance Sustainability: Addressing Dynamic Context and Promoting Health Equity Over Time. Front Public Health. 2020 May 12;8:134. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00134. eCollection 2020.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32478025 (View on PubMed)

Yao X, Paulson M, Maniaci MJ, Dunn AN, Nelson CR, Behnken EM, Hart MS, Sangaralingham LR, Inselman SA, Lampman MA, Dunlay SM, Dowdy SC, Habermann EB. Effect of hospital-at-home vs. traditional brick-and-mortar hospital care in acutely ill adults: study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2022 Jun 16;23(1):503. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06430-6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 35710450 (View on PubMed)

Dalstrom MD, Klein CJ, Rothrock-Magana M, Cooling M. Patient-Centered Care: A Qualitative Analysis of Patient and Caregiver Experiences in a Hospital at Home Program. J Patient Exp. 2025 Jun 2;12:23743735251347706. doi: 10.1177/23743735251347706. eCollection 2025.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40464036 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2015255

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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