PATient Navigator to rEduce Readmissions (PArTNER)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Heart Failure, Sickle Cell Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease focused on measuring Patient Navigators, Readmissions, Peer Coaching
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 years or older on date of hospital admission
- Hospitalized at the University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago
- Admission diagnosis, per treating physician, of pneumonia, COPD, sickle cell disease, heart failure, or myocardial infarction
- Receive medical care on an inpatient medical service
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable to understand and speak English
- Unable/decline to give informed consent
- Previous participant in PArTNER
- Planned transfer to another acute care facility
- Planned discharge to facility other than home (e.g. long term care facility)
- Currently on hospice or plans to discharge home to hospice
- Current plans to leave against medical advice
Sites / Locations
- University of Illinois Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Other
Experimental
Usual Care
Usual Care + PArTNER
Hospital usual care Hospital usual care: Written discharge instructions provided to patients prior to hospital discharge.
Navigator intervention: (Community health worker, peer-led telephone support line, usual care) Hospital usual care: Written discharge instructions provided to patients prior to hospital discharge. Community health worker: The community health worker provides social support, literacy appropriate education, and acts as a conduit between the patient and the patient's medical team Peer-led telephone support line: The peer-led telephone support line will provide social support, peer-to-peer coaching, and facilitate communication with the patient's medical care team.