The Care Transitions Intervention

NCT00244491 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1400

Last updated 2015-08-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This intervention tests whether encouraging older patients and their caregivers to assert a more active role in their care transitions could improve clinical outcomes. Patients are supported by a nurse transition coach and specific tools, including a Personal Health Record.

Conditions

  • Continuity of Patient Care

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Care Transitions Intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The John A. Hartford Foundation

    collaborator OTHER
  • University of Colorado, Denver

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH · University of Colorado, Denver

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-09-30
Completion
2003-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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