Health IT Generated PROs to Improve Outcomes in Cirrhosis (HEROIC)
Cirrhosis
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Cirrhosis
Eligibility Criteria
Patient Inclusion Criteria:
- Cirrhosis patients ≥21 years of age hospitalized for non-elective reasons
- Adult caregiver and the patient living in the same house
- Able to complete the Patient Buddy training and evaluation
- Discharged home from the hospital
- Discharge hospital as primary hospital base
Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:
- Living in same dwelling as patient for the last ≥1 year
- Able to complete the Patient Buddy training and evaluation
- Familiar with the patient's routine
Patient Exclusion Criteria:
- Elective hospitalization
- Lack of an adult caregiver
- Active substance abuse within 1 month of the hospitalization (alcohol use is acceptable provided the patient does not have alcoholic hepatitis during this admission or <1 month prior to admission)
- Unable to perform training or give consent
- Patients discharged to hospice, nursing home or extended care facilities
- pregnant women
- patients with limited English proficiency
Caregiver Exclusion Criteria
- Unable or unwilling to train or adhere to study guidelines
- Unfamiliar with the patient routines
- Not in the same house as the patient
Sites / Locations
- Mayo Clinic
- Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
No Intervention
Experimental
Control Group
Health IT +/- Scheduled Follow Up
Standard of care counseling and discharge instructions per local hospital policy. Standard of care follow up phone calls and visits at baseline and at 30 days. Follow-up will be for 30 days
Subjects and caregivers will be given individual phones loaded with the Patient Buddy App and the EncephalApp that will be used to enter medications, issues and orientation questions daily. There will be messages and phone calls as needed per the App and visits will be at baseline, scheduled at 15 days and at 30 days. In addition, scheduled phone calls will be performed at days 7 and 21.Follow-up will be for 30 days