Safe Passages: Ensuring Quality Transitions From NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) to Ambulatory Care

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Infant, Premature, Diseases

In brief

Infants born prematurely or with complex congenital abnormalities are surviving to discharge in growing numbers and often require significant monitoring and coordination of care in the ambulatory setting. The specific aims of this project are to determine the effectiveness of a redesigned discharge process that includes a Health Coach and an expanded discharge binder to improve health outcomes in the post discharge follow-up period as compared with usual care. The outcomes to be evaluated include the occurrence of adverse events in the post-discharge period, quality of follow up care, and caregiver satisfaction with the process.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01088945

Run by

Virginia Moyer

People needed

229

Starts

2010-03-01

Expected to finish

2011-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-07-27

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Infant hospitalized since birth
• Anticipated total length of stay at least 2 weeks
• Speaks English or Spanish
• Planned follow up physician within the hospital's system

You may not qualify if…

• follow up physician outside of hospital system
• child in protective custody
• child not anticipated to survive

Where it is running

• Texas Children's Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States

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