Patient Engagement; Community Health Workers
Conditions
Brief summary
This study is evaluating the effectiveness of the post-discharge program facilitated by the Community Health Worker program in the Emergency Department at NYU Langone Health Hospital - Brooklyn and testing different strategies to increase patient engagement in the program.
Interventions
OTHERCommunity Health Worker Assessment
Participants will be approached by a community health worker who will ask them to complete an assessment of needs and offer to enroll them in post-discharge services to help address the needs identified.
Sponsors
NYU Langone Health
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients who present for a visit at the Emergency Department at NYU Langone Brooklyn Hospital and who qualify for the Community Health Worker program assessment and enrollment.
Exclusion criteria
* N/A
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Service utilization | 1 year | Number of services (emergency department visits, etc.) utilized by the patient. |
| Post-discharge program enrollment rate | 1 year | Total number of patients who agree to enroll in the post-discharge program/total number of patients approached by community health workers. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed