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Effect of Community Health Worker Support on Clinical Outcomes of Low-Income Patients Across Primary Care Facilities

October, 2018

According to the multicenter randomized clinical trial that included 592 adult patients, help from community health workers—who assist high-risk patients with fulfilling basic needs ranging from housing and food insecurity to transportation and locating an appropriate medical home—resulted in fewer days in the hospital and increased likelihood of reported high-quality primary care.

Author

Shreya Kangovi, MD, MS, Nandita Mitra, PhD, Lindsey Norton, MSS, MLSP, Rory Harte, Xinyi Zhao, MPH, Tamala Carter, CHW, David Grande, MD, MPA, and Judith A. Long, MD

Effect of Community Health Worker Support on Clinical Outcomes of Low-Income Patients Across Primary Care Facilities

October, 2018

According to the multicenter randomized clinical trial that included 592 adult patients, help from community health workers—who assist high-risk patients with fulfilling basic needs ranging from housing and food insecurity to transportation and locating an appropriate medical home—resulted in fewer days in the hospital and increased likelihood of reported high-quality primary care.

Author

Shreya Kangovi, MD, MS, Nandita Mitra, PhD, Lindsey Norton, MSS, MLSP, Rory Harte, Xinyi Zhao, MPH, Tamala Carter, CHW, David Grande, MD, MPA, and Judith A. Long, MD

Transportation Pilot Reduced No-Shows by 27%

July, 2018

Recently, Lyft and Hitch Health (a technology company specializing in integrating health records with ride hailing platforms) released findings of a year-long pilot program conducted at a health clinic in Minneapolis, where Hitch Health’s automated short message service (text) technology offered Lyft trips to patients needing a ride. At this specific clinic, the cost to […]

Author

Tony Abraham, HealthcareDive

Association of Rideshare-Based Transportation Services and Missed Primary Care Appointments: A Clinical Trial

March, 2018

Of the 786 patients allocated to the intervention or control arm, 566 (72.0%) were women; mean (SD) age was 46.0. (12.5) years. Within the intervention arm, 57 among 288 (19.8%) participants who answered the phone call used ridesharing. The missed appointment rate was 36.5% (144 of 394) for the intervention arm and 36.7% (144 of […]

Author

Krisda H. Chaiyachati, MD, MPH, MSHP, Rebecca A. Hubbard, PhD, Alyssa Yeager, MD, et al, JAMA Intern Med