Primary Care Connector for Access to Primary Care
(ENGAGE Trial)
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
The goal of this initial clinical trial is to gather information for building a future national trial in Canada that can continuously look at different ways of helping people made vulnerable get a primary care provider. The trial will take place in the Toronto region and will help researchers decide how to plan the future trial.
The main question that this trial is aiming to answer is:
• For those made vulnerable who do not currently have a primary care provider, will assistance from a Primary Care Connector trained specifically with knowledge of the local health system, help to better connect those people to primary care providers compared to written information alone?
Researchers will compare giving participants the name of a provider that is accepting new patients in their area, to only giving participants existing information on how to find a provider, to see if giving the name of a provider accepting new patients works better to help people get connected to a provider.
Participants will:
* Get the name of a primary care provider in their area who is accepting new patients or get existing information on how to find a primary care provider.
* Call the provider to try and get an appointment or use the information given to find a provider.
* Tell the study team if they have found a provider.
Who Is on the Research Team?
Andrew D. Pinto, MD CCFP FRCPC MSc
Principal Investigator
Unity Health Toronto
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
Inclusion Criteria
Timeline for a Trial Participant
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Intervention
Participants receive assistance from a Primary Care Connector or are provided with existing information on finding a primary care provider
Follow-up
Connectors follow-up with participants to ascertain whether they were able to get access to a provider
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- Primary Care Connector
How Is the Trial Designed?
2
Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
A primary care connector will try to connect participants to a primary care provider in their area.
Participants will be provided with existing information on ways of finding a primary care provider.
Find a Clinic Near You
Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
Unity Health Toronto
Lead Sponsor
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Collaborator
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