Telephone Call From Acute Care Physicians to Long Term Care Physicians: Impact on Transitional Care of Elderly Patients

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Maimonides Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00281749
First received: January 23, 2006
Last updated: August 17, 2011
Last verified: August 2011

January 23, 2006
August 17, 2011
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Telephone Call From Acute Care Physicians to Long Term Care Physicians: Impact on Transitional Care of Elderly Patients
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A telephone call from a physician taking care of a patient in the hospital to a physician in the long term care setting at the time of discharge can improve transitional care for elderly patients. We believe direct communication between physicians can reduce re-hospitalizations, medication errors, morbidity and mortality. No studies have been done that involve physician-to-physician sign-outs after hospital discharge to the nursing home. In our study, we would like to address the breakdown in the transfer of information to the nursing home setting.

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Interventional
Phase 1
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Parkinson Disease
  • Dysphagia
Procedure: TELEPHONE CALL
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Completed
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October 2006
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Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients transitioning from the Acute Care for The Elderly (ACE) Unit patients at Maimonides Medical Center to Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center (MJGC).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • AGE BELOW 65
Both
65 Years and older
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Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
United States
 
NCT00281749
05/12/VA03
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Maimonides Medical Center
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Principal Investigator: SERGEY I GENKIN, MD Maimonides Medical Center
Maimonides Medical Center
August 2011

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