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Reverse Innovation and Patient Engagement to Improve Quality of Care and Patient Outcomes (CONNECT)

Primary Purpose

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Substance Abuse Disorder

Status
Unknown status
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Co-developed IT intervention
Sponsored by
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
About
Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional health services research trial for Diabetes focused on measuring Community Based Organization, Reverse Innovation, Social Services, Referral, Chronic disease

Eligibility Criteria

undefined - undefined (Child, Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

Community Based Organization; 501-C3 status; Located within zip codes surrounding Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center; Provides direct services to clients

Exclusion Criteria:

Part of Johns Hopkins Medicine or Baltimore City Agency

Sites / Locations

  • Zip codes surrounding Johns Hopkins Hospital

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm Type

Experimental

No Intervention

Arm Label

Intervention CBOs

Control CBOs

Arm Description

Will receive "co-developed IT intervention" developed together with intervention group community based members. Set of primarily web based tools to improve connection with clients, Johns Hopkins Medicine and one another, referrals, and volunteer services.

Community Based Organizations that are being followed for data collection only for the period of one year

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Emergency Department visits + hospital days
Number of Emergency Department Visits + Number of Hospital Days in the past 6 months for patients enrolled in the Johns Hopkins Community Partnership
Change in number of clients seen per month
Change in median number of clients seen by Community Based Organizations per month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Full Information

First Posted
August 18, 2014
Last Updated
August 20, 2014
Sponsor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Collaborators
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT02222909
Brief Title
Reverse Innovation and Patient Engagement to Improve Quality of Care and Patient Outcomes
Acronym
CONNECT
Official Title
Reverse Innovation and Patient Engagement to Improve Quality of Care and Patient Outcomes
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
August 2014
Overall Recruitment Status
Unknown status
Study Start Date
April 2014 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
November 2015 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
November 2015 (Anticipated)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Collaborators
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

4. Oversight

Data Monitoring Committee
No

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
Project CONNECT ("Community-based Organizations Neighborhood Network: Enhancing Capacity Together") is a randomized controlled trial that involves 22 community-based organizations (CBOs) located in Baltimore, MD. Half of these organizations were randomly assigned to the intervention group using a constrained cluster randomization process. The remaining 11 are a part of the control intervention group. The intervention is a co-developed set of IT tools hypothesized to improve the connections among intervention CBOs, Johns Hopkins health care facilities and CBO clients.
Detailed Description
see above

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Substance Abuse Disorder, Mental Health Disorder
Keywords
Community Based Organization, Reverse Innovation, Social Services, Referral, Chronic disease

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Health Services Research
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
22 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Intervention CBOs
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Will receive "co-developed IT intervention" developed together with intervention group community based members. Set of primarily web based tools to improve connection with clients, Johns Hopkins Medicine and one another, referrals, and volunteer services.
Arm Title
Control CBOs
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
Community Based Organizations that are being followed for data collection only for the period of one year
Intervention Type
Other
Intervention Name(s)
Co-developed IT intervention
Other Intervention Name(s)
Healthify
Intervention Description
The IT-based intervention is being co-developed with the community based organizations in the intervention group, and comprises tools to improve referral and tracking of clients, use of volunteers, and direct communication with hospital staff members
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Emergency Department visits + hospital days
Description
Number of Emergency Department Visits + Number of Hospital Days in the past 6 months for patients enrolled in the Johns Hopkins Community Partnership
Time Frame
Up to 1 year
Title
Change in number of clients seen per month
Description
Change in median number of clients seen by Community Based Organizations per month
Time Frame
September 2014 - September 2015

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Community Based Organization; 501-C3 status; Located within zip codes surrounding Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center; Provides direct services to clients Exclusion Criteria: Part of Johns Hopkins Medicine or Baltimore City Agency
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Albert W Wu, MD MPH
Organizational Affiliation
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Zip codes surrounding Johns Hopkins Hospital
City
Baltimore
State/Province
Maryland
ZIP/Postal Code
21205
Country
United States

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Citations:
PubMed Identifier
34523117
Citation
Lowe D, Ryan R, Schonfeld L, Merner B, Walsh L, Graham-Wisener L, Hill S. Effects of consumers and health providers working in partnership on health services planning, delivery and evaluation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Sep 15;9(9):CD013373. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013373.pub2.
Results Reference
derived
PubMed Identifier
31248746
Citation
Wu AW, Weston CM, Ibe CA, Ruberman CF, Bone L, Boonyasai RT, Hwang S, Gentry J, Purnell L, Lu Y, Liang S, Rosenblum M. The Baltimore Community-Based Organizations Neighborhood Network: Enhancing Capacity Together (CONNECT) Cluster RCT. Am J Prev Med. 2019 Aug;57(2):e31-e41. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2019.03.013. Epub 2019 Jun 25.
Results Reference
derived
PubMed Identifier
29426345
Citation
Ibe CA, Basu L, Gooden R, Syed SB, Dadwal V, Bone LR, Ephraim PL, Weston CM, Wu AW; Baltimore CONNECT Project Team. From Kisiizi to Baltimore: cultivating knowledge brokers to support global innovation for community engagement in healthcare. Global Health. 2018 Feb 9;14(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s12992-018-0339-8.
Results Reference
derived

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