Design of the patient navigator to Reduce Readmissions (PArTNER) study: A pragmatic clinical effectiveness trial.

ABSTRACT: Previous work indicates the potential for community health workers and peer coaches serving as patient navigators to improve processes of care and health outcomes during care transitions, but have not been sufficiently tested to determine if such programs improve measures of patient experience in minority serving institutions. The objectives of the Patient Navigator to Reduce Readmissions (PArTNER) study was to: 1) conduct a pragmatic clinical effectiveness trial comparing a multi-faceted, stakeholder-supported Navigator intervention (in-person CHW visits in the hospital and after hospital discharge, plus telephone-based peer coaching) versus usual care on the experience of hospital-to-home care transitions in patients hospitalized with heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmona

SUBMITTER: Prieto-Centurion V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6700266 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature