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Point-of-Care Follow-Up With Primary Care After Emergency Department Discharge

NCT02740348 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 220

Last updated 2017-08-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to determine whether setting up a follow-up appointment for patients who received treatment and were discharged from the emergency department increases their compliance with the follow-up appointment. We are enrolling patients who need a follow-up visit, have health insurance but report do not have a primary care doctor. Patients are randomized to one of three treatment groups: (1) assistance setting up a follow-up appointment by a research assistant using ZocDoc; (2) ZocDoc information given to the subject to set up follow-up appointment by him/herself; or (3) usual discharge instructions by ED staff. Subjects are phoned approximately 2 weeks after the ED visit and asked whether they completed a follow-up visit, satisfaction with their ED visit, satisfaction with their follow-up visit, and additional ED treatment and recovery.

Conditions

  • Conditions Influencing Health Status

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

ZocDoc Assistance

Research assistant sets up a follow-up appointment for a subject with a primary care doctor using ZocDoc

BEHAVIORAL

ZocDoc Information

Providing ZocDoc information to subjects so that they can make a follow-up appointment with a primary care doctor themselves

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • George Washington University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tina Choudri, MD · George Washington University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2017-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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