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First received: December 08, 2022

Clinical Trial: Linking Emergency Department Patients to Assistance Programs Study

Study Status: Completed

Recruit Status: RECRUITING

Condition: Social Determinants of Health

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL


Official Title: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Link Emergency Department Patients to Navigation Services for Enrollment in Public Benefits

Brief Summary: The objective of this randomized controlled trial is to test the effect of screening patients in Penn Medicine Emergency Departments for eligibility of public benefits programs and using text messages post-discharge to connect patients to benefits enrollment specialists at Benefits Data Trust (BDT).Eligible patients will be randomly selected to receive text messages for two weeks after Emergency Department discharge with the phone number to speak with a benefits enrollment specialist at BDT.The number of calls to…

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