Emergency Department Linkage to Care for Patients Experiencing Homelessness

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Homelessness

In brief

In an effort to improve access to primary care at time of discharge, patients who are homeless will be given either enhanced follow up through a street medicine team or routine follow up in clinic.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07209072

Run by

Denver Health and Hospital Authority

People needed

390

Starts

2025-12-05

Expected to finish

2027-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-28

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• adult (≥18 years of age) DHMC ED patient,
• currently unsheltered, defined as living on the streets, in a vehicle, or in another place not fit for human habitation,
• anticipating ED discharge, with
• a diagnosis listed below that requires short-term follow up:
• COPD or asthma exacerbation
• Bacterial or viral pneumonia
• CHF with volume overload
• SSTI
• Dehydration requiring IV fluids
• Hyperglycemia secondary to DM
• Frostbite
• First- and second-degree burns
• Bacterial ENT infections
• Diabetic foot infection
• Traumatic head injury
• Pregnancy
• Opioid overdose
• a stable location (i.e., an intersection, landmark, or encampment where they can be located by the street medicine team) within Denver County for at least 2 weeks.

You may not qualify if…

• have altered mentation (e.g., intoxication, or secondary to medical, psychiatric, or behavioral conditions) that are unable to communicate their location, contact information, or agree to follow up.
• are prisoners,
• previously enrolled.

Where it is running

• Denver Health Medical Center — Denver, Colorado, United States (enrolling)

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