We will perform a parallel-group multicenter patient-level randomized controlled evaluation of skilled nursing facility care at home. Patients typically referred to a skilled nursing facility following hospitalization will be eligible for enrollment. Instead of admission to a skilled nursing facility, participants will receive care from a technology-enabled team in their own homes or will be allocated to receive care in a traditional skilled nursing facility setting.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
300
Skilled nursing facility care at home delivers a range of advanced rehabilitation services in patients' homes, enabling care at home despite requiring intensive rehabilitative care. Our approach blends personalized, high-level professional care with innovative technology applications to ensure adequate rehabilitation.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Change in activities of daily living between admission to rehab and discharge from rehab
Subtract the patient's activities of daily living at discharge from rehab from the patient's activities of daily living on admission to rehab.
Time frame: Admission to rehab until discharge from rehab, no more than 6 months
Percent time supine per day
The percentage of time a patient is supine per day, as measured by their wrist-worn accelerometer.
Time frame: Admission to rehab until discharge from rehab, no more than 6 months
Total direct medical expenditure
The percent difference in direct cost of care to deliver rehab care.
Time frame: Admission to rehab until discharge from rehab, no more than 6 months
Patient experience with care
The Picker patient experience questionaire-15
Time frame: Admission to rehab until discharge from rehab, no more than 6 months
30-day readmission or 30-day mortality
The percentage of patients who are readmitted or deceased within 30-days of discharge from rehab.
Time frame: Discharge from rehab until 30-days later, no more than 30-days
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Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States