Improving Care and Reducing Cost Study
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Psychosis NOS
In brief
The goal of the Improving Care and Reducing Cost (ICRC) Program, is to improve disease management and the overall process of care in treating the chronic illness schizophrenia in order to reduce ER visits and hospital days while providing better care, better health and increased patient satisfaction. This will be done by fostering innovation in the use of technology and by training and deploying a new cadre of personnel in the behavioral health field: Mental Health/Health Technology (MH/HT) Case Managers.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02364544
- Run by
- Northwell Health
- People needed
- 461
- Starts
- 2013-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-03-23
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- • Age 18 to 60, (patients age 51-60 require review from the coordinating site)
- Clinical diagnosis of:
- schizophrenia
- schizoaffective disorder
- psychosis NOS
- Has had two or more inpatient hospitalizations for treatment of a psychotic disorder
- Currently in the hospital or up to 30 days of inpatient hospitalization for a psychotic disorder
- o If patients are sent to a partial, or day hospital following an inpatient hospitalization, the 30 day window begins at the time of discharge from the day or partial hospital
- Any ethnicity
- Ability to participate in research assessments in English
- Ability to provide fully informed consent
You may not qualify if…
- • Individuals who cannot understand what research participation entails, or correctly answer the questions about research participation that are part of the Study Information Review and provide fully informed consent will be excluded
- More than 30 days since discharge from a psychiatric hospitalization
- Any other serious medical condition that in the opinion of the investigator would seriously impair functioning making the patient unsuitable for the trial
- Patients who would likely find it burdensome and/or have difficulty sustaining the use of a laptop computer and /or smart phone due to issues of security, consistent connectivity or other factors.
Where it is running
- Henderson Mental Health Center — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
- Community Mental Health Center, Inc. — Lawrenceburg, Indiana, United States
- Cherry Street — Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
- UMKC School of Pharmacy — Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Burrell Behavioral Health — Springfield, Missouri, United States
- The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester — Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
- University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry UNM Health Sciences Center — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- PeaceHealth Oregon/Lane County Behavioral Health Services — Eugene, Oregon, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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