ALERT-ED: Awareness and Linkage to Resources for At-Risk Emergency Department Patients
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: ALERT-ED.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: High Fall Risk. Basic parameters: from 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Falls are the leading reason for injury-related emergency department (ED) visits in older adults with high rates of ED revisits for falls. Evidence-based fall prevention programs can reduce falls by 30%, but older adults commonly describe limited awareness of resources. Currently, all UCHealth ED patients receive fall risk screening on ED arrival, but patients are rarely made aware of their screening results or referred to resources. To address this gap, our team developed ALERT-ED, an intervention where study patients receive automated notification of fall risk screening results and referral via Livi to evidence-based fall prevention programs near their homes. If ALERT-ED is successful, we will demonstrate that UCHealth can improve patient health via pragmatic, automated notification of screening results and referral to resources. Although we designed ALERT-ED to intervene on fall risk in EDs, the intervention could be used for other health concerns central to UCHealth's mission including for patients seeking care for transplants, cancer, brain health, or orthopedic concerns.
Interventions
- Behavioral ALERT-ED
Patient receives link to the Livi Chatbot in After Visit Summary
Primary outcome measures
- Rate of fall-related ED visits [Time frame: 6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Patient reported engagement with community fall prevention programs [Time frame: 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 65 years or older
- Screens high risk falls on the Geriatric Fall assessment tool (as shown in protocol and used as standard practice in study ED)
Exclusion criteria
- Does not consent to follow up interview
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- UCHealth — Aurora
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07028463 · 24-1263