Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 6:56 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 6:56 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03832257
Eligibility Criteria:
Facility Inclusion Criteria:
* SNF receives approximately the middle third of referral volume (approx. 20-100 referrals/ average 40 per year)
* SNF not so highly engaged with acute hospital that their patients are less likely to benefit from the intervention.
* SNF affiliated with BIDMC Boston or BIDMC Needham
Facility Exclusion Criteria:
* Has not recently participated in ECHO CT
* Do not send anyone to ECHO CT training
* Clinicians are unwilling to make a commitment to attend at least 75% of video conferences
Patient Selection:
ECHO-CT Group:
Inclusion Criteria: Patients that were discharged from BIDMC and admitted to skilled nursing facilities that are participating in ECHO-CT between April 2019 and March 2021.
Exclusion Criteria: Patients discharged from a hospital other than BIDMC. Patients admitted to a skilled nursing facility that is not participating in ECHO-CT.
Control Group:
Inclusion Criteria: Patients from skilled nursing facilities not participating in ECHO.
Exclusion Criteria: Patients discharged from BIDMC to one of our participating SNFs during the study period of April 2019- March 2021
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT03832257
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03832257