Automated Text Message-Based Program and Use of Acute Health Care Resources After Hospital Discharge: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Postdischarge outreach from the primary care practice is an important component of transitional care support. The most common method of contact is via telephone call, but calls are labor intensive and therefore limited in scope.

Objective

To test whether a 30-day automated texting program to support primary care patients after hospital discharge reduces acute care revisits.

Design, setting, and participants

A 2-arm randomized clinical trial was conducted from March 29, 2022, through January 5, 2023, at 30 primary care practices within a single academic health system in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Patients were followed up for 60 days after discharge. Investigators were blinded to assignment, but patients and practice staff were not. Participants included es

SUBMITTER: Bressman E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10988348 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature