Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
For general information about clinical research, read Learn About Studies.
Eligibility Criteria
- * Age \>= 18 years
- * Resides within Home Hospital geographic area
- * Lives in permanent housing (i.e., not in temporary housing such as a shelter)
- * Patient of a Mass General Brigham primary care provider
- * Primary care provider attests that their triage recommendation is the emergency department
- * Emergency care at home nurse triages the participant to the emergency department or urgent care
- * Patient attests that they intend to go to the emergency department
- * Insurance: workers compensation and motor vehicle accident
- * Lives in a healthcare facility (Skilled Nursing, Rehab, long term acute care)
- * Patient/caregiver cannot answer phone or door
- * Active substance use
- * Acute psychiatric concerns (e.g., suicidal ideation, even if passive)
- * Home safety concerns (e.g., intimate partner violence)
- * High-risk features:
- * Requires inpatient-level care
- * Requires specialty consultation
- * Requires physical, occupational, or speech therapy
- * Requires blood transfusion
- * Requires internal physical exam maneuver (e.g. rectal exam, genitourinary exam)
- * Requires imaging that is not available at home
- * Requires monitoring that is not available at home
- * Troubleshooting wound vacs
Ages Eligible for Study
18 Years to
Sexes Eligible for Study
ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No