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Post-Acute Physician Home Visits: A Randomized Controlled Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Home visit for A Patient Discharged From an Acute-care Hospital Who Had an Acute Illness. Completed, enrolled 51 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
New or worsening symptoms following discharge from the hospital likely leads to unplanned readmission. These rates are higher than desired and costly to patients, payers, and providers. Many interventions have unsuccessfully attempted to reduce readmissions, but few have provided in-home personnel to patients transitioning from acute care back to ambulatory care. Still fewer have involved a physician in the home. We therefore will test the effect of a physician home visit to a patient's home who was discharged in the last 4 days.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The visit will be entirely patient tailored, last approximately one hour, and at a minimum will entail: * Medical assessment * Psychosocial assessment * Medication reconciliation * Follow-up of inpatient primary team's specific recommendations * Follow-up, as needed, with primary care team or inpatient team