Post-Discharge Follow-up Appointment Scheduling

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Appointments and Schedules

In brief

This is a prospective clinical trial evaluating whether a behaviorally informed intervention (pre-discharge iPad video scheduling) increases post-discharge primary care physician (PCP) appointment completion compared to the status-quo scheduling process (post-discharge via phone), with the ultimate goal of improving patient health outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06387576

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

41

Starts

2024-04-08

Expected to finish

2024-08-02

Last updated by the study team

2025-04-30

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• they are discharged from a hospital room assigned to either the intervention or control condition during the intervention period
• their discharge is ordered on a weekday (Monday-Friday)
• their discharge is planned before 3pm
• they have a UCLA PCP
• they are not being discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF), acute rehab unit (ARU), or assisted living facility (ALF).

You may not qualify if…

• Patients will be excluded from the study who do not meet the inclusion criteria

Where it is running

• UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center — Santa Monica, California, United States

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