CONNECT: Reverse Innovation and Patient Engagement to Improve Quality of Care and Patient Outcomes

Sponsor

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Other)

Overall Status

Unknown status

CT.gov ID

NCT02222909

Collaborator

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (Other)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Duration (Months)

1.2

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Project CONNECT ("Community-based Organizations Neighborhood Network: Enhancing Capacity Together") is a randomized controlled trial that involves 22 community-based organizations (CBOs) located in Baltimore, MD. Half of these organizations were randomly assigned to the intervention group using a constrained cluster randomization process. The remaining 11 are a part of the control intervention group. The intervention is a co-developed set of IT tools hypothesized to improve the connections among intervention CBOs, Johns Hopkins health care facilities and CBO clients.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Diabetes Cardiovascular Disease Substance Abuse Disorder Mental Health Disorder	Other: Co-developed IT intervention	N/A

Detailed Description

see above

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

22 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Health Services Research

Official Title:

Reverse Innovation and Patient Engagement to Improve Quality of Care and Patient Outcomes

Study Start Date :

Apr 1, 2014

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Nov 1, 2015

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Nov 1, 2015

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Intervention CBOs Will receive "co-developed IT intervention" developed together with intervention group community based members. Set of primarily web based tools to improve connection with clients, Johns Hopkins Medicine and one another, referrals, and volunteer services.	Other: Co-developed IT intervention The IT-based intervention is being co-developed with the community based organizations in the intervention group, and comprises tools to improve referral and tracking of clients, use of volunteers, and direct communication with hospital staff members Other Names: Healthify
No Intervention: Control CBOs Community Based Organizations that are being followed for data collection only for the period of one year

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Intervention CBOs

Will receive "co-developed IT intervention" developed together with intervention group community based members. Set of primarily web based tools to improve connection with clients, Johns Hopkins Medicine and one another, referrals, and volunteer services.

Other: Co-developed IT intervention

The IT-based intervention is being co-developed with the community based organizations in the intervention group, and comprises tools to improve referral and tracking of clients, use of volunteers, and direct communication with hospital staff members

Other Names:

Healthify

No Intervention: Control CBOs

Community Based Organizations that are being followed for data collection only for the period of one year

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Emergency Department visits + hospital days [Up to 1 year]
Number of Emergency Department Visits + Number of Hospital Days in the past 6 months for patients enrolled in the Johns Hopkins Community Partnership
Change in number of clients seen per month [September 2014 - September 2015]
Change in median number of clients seen by Community Based Organizations per month

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

N/A and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

Community Based Organization; 501-C3 status; Located within zip codes surrounding Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center; Provides direct services to clients