Overview
Disorders and Conditions
Status
Recruiting
Start/End Dates
Locations
VGH Research Pavilion
Name/Title
Fanan Fattah, mHealth Lab Coordinator
Email Address
Purpose of Study
The purpose of this study is to assess whether a phone texting service will improve quality of care provided to the patients discharged from the Joseph & Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre at Vancouver General Hospital. Providing additional support, via their mobile phones, and connection to a care navigator, especially after discharge from psychiatric inpatient units may help patients make a seamless transition from hospital to community-based care and can potentially reduce losses to follow-up and unplanned readmissions to hospital.
Eligibility
You may be eligible to participate if you:
- are discharged from Segal inpatient units (5, 6, 7, 8)
- have access to a mobile phone and service (on your own or through a proxy) and demonstrate sufficient ability to communicate via phone with health care staff
- speak English or have a proxy who can speak and text in English
Disclaimer
Study Coordinators and Research Nurses cannot give medical advice over the phone. Telephone numbers and email addresses are provided for obtaining additional information on specific research studies only. If you have specific questions which require clinical expertise, please call your primary care physician.
The purpose of this study is to assess whether a phone texting service will improve quality of care provided to the patients discharged from the Joseph & Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre at Vancouver General Hospital. Providing additional support, via their mobile phones, and connection to a care navigator, especially after discharge from psychiatric inpatient units may help patients make a seamless transition from hospital to community-based care and can potentially reduce losses to follow-up and unplanned readmissions to hospital.
You may be eligible to participate if you:
- are discharged from Segal inpatient units (5, 6, 7, 8)
- have access to a mobile phone and service (on your own or through a proxy) and demonstrate sufficient ability to communicate via phone with health care staff
- speak English or have a proxy who can speak and text in English
Study Coordinators and Research Nurses cannot give medical advice over the phone. Telephone numbers and email addresses are provided for obtaining additional information on specific research studies only. If you have specific questions which require clinical expertise, please call your primary care physician.
