N/A Completed N=1,089 Randomized Single-blind Health Services Research

A Virtual Navigation Intervention to Reduce Behavioral Health Admissions From Rural Emergency Departments

Depression · Anxiety · Substance Use Disorder

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04148521 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

1,089

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Apr 2022

Primary outcomePrimary: Assessing Hospital Admissions — 332; 326 Participants — p=0.27

Summary

This research project is a pragmatic, randomized evaluation of a quality improvement initiative which seeks to evaluate the effects of standardizing the use of a BH-VPN program among patients with a telepsychiatric consult. The outcomes evaluation of this intervention has been designed to integrate with routine care and minimize frontline staff burden by deploying an evaluation in a real-world setting.

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Assessing Hospital Admissions	332; 326	0.27
SECONDARY 45-day Post Discharge Utilization Rate	88; 89	0.83
SECONDARY 45-day Post Discharge Utilization Rate With a Self-harm Diagnosis	47; 35	0.12
SECONDARY 45-day Post Discharge ED Utilization Rate With a Behavioral Health Crisis	40; 36	0.51

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Eligible patients must meet each of the following criteria:

Present to an ED at participating sites
Complete a telepsychiatric consult as captured in the electronic medical record
Complete a telepsychiatric consult during the navigator's hours of operation
≥ 18 years of age at time of ED admission

Exclusion Criteria:• Patients currently enrolled in the BH-VPN program upon their index ED encounter

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04148521). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.