Improving the Hospital-to-Home Transition Through Post-Discharge Virtual Visits in Primary Care

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Conditions studied: Telehealth

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test a new process for having a virtual visit with a primary care doctor after discharge from the hospital, instead of an in-person visit.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04236583

Run by

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

People needed

25

Starts

2020-02-28

Expected to finish

2021-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Medical inpatients, age >=18, with an existing WCIMA attending as his or her PCP
• Patients with disposition to home
• Medically appropriate for a video visit (as determined by inpatient attending)
• Patients or caregivers must be able to enroll in MyChart before discharge, must be capable of using the Weill Cornell Connect app to do a video visit at home using broadband access or the equivalent (must own a device compatible with the app, e.g.
• smartphone or tablet)
• English speaking
• Cognitively able to participate or Caregiver must be able to participate

Where it is running

• Weill Cornell Medicine — New York, New York, United States

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