RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT07209072
Emergency Department Linkage to Care for Patients Experiencing Homelessness
Sponsor
Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Enrollment
390 participants
Start Date
Dec 5, 2025
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
In an effort to improve access to primary care at time of discharge, patients who are homeless will be given either enhanced follow up through a street medicine team or routine follow up in clinic.
Eligibility
Min Age: 18 Years
Inclusion Criteria18
- adult (≥18 years of age) DHMC ED patient,
- currently unsheltered, defined as living on the streets, in a vehicle, or in another place not fit for human habitation,
- anticipating ED discharge, with
- a diagnosis listed below that requires short-term follow up:
- COPD or asthma exacerbation
- Bacterial or viral pneumonia
- CHF with volume overload
- SSTI
- Dehydration requiring IV fluids
- Hyperglycemia secondary to DM
- Frostbite
- First- and second-degree burns
- Bacterial ENT infections
- Diabetic foot infection
- Traumatic head injury
- Pregnancy
- Opioid overdose
- a stable location (i.e., an intersection, landmark, or encampment where they can be located by the street medicine team) within Denver County for at least 2 weeks.
Exclusion Criteria3
- have altered mentation (e.g., intoxication, or secondary to medical, psychiatric, or behavioral conditions) that are unable to communicate their location, contact information, or agree to follow up.
- are prisoners,
- previously enrolled.
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Interventions
BEHAVIORALStreet medicine follow up
This intervention will use electronic health record builds to automatically send a referral to a street medicine clinic, who will attempt to contact the patient within 2 weeks.
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