Follow-up Automatically vs. As-Needed Comparison (FAAN-C) Trial

Conditions

As-needed follow up — BEHAVIORAL
At hospital discharge, participant receives a recommendation for PRN follow-up. Recommendation informs participant that scheduling a follow-up visit is not needed at discharge and suggests that participant follow symptoms after discharge to decide if a visit is ultimately needed or not.
Automatic follow-up — BEHAVIORAL
At hospital discharge, participant receives a recommendation for automatic follow-up. Recommendation instructs participant to schedule a follow-up visit and attend the visit even if symptoms get better.

Compare the effectiveness of automatic vs as-needed (PRN) post-hospitalization follow-up for children who are hospitalized for common infections.

Experimental: As-needed (PRN) post-hospitalization follow-up
At hospital discharge, participant receives a recommendation for PRN follow-up. Recommendation informs participant that scheduling a follow-up visit is not needed at discharge and suggests that participant follow symptoms after discharge to decide if a visit is ultimately needed or not.
Active Comparator: Automatic post-hospitalization follow-up
At hospital discharge, participant receives a recommendation for automatic follow-up. Recommendation instructs participant to schedule a follow-up visit and attend the visit even if symptoms get better.

Hospital readmission [ Time Frame: Within 14 days of hospital discharge ]

Facility	City	State	ZIP	Site coordinators
Phoenix Children's Hospital	Phoenix	Arizona	85016	Brittany Wold, MD
Packard at El Camino Hospital	Mountain View	California	94040	Lauren Destino, MD
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital	Palo Alto	California	94304	Alan Schroeder, MD
St. Louis Children's Hospital	St Louis	Missouri	63110	Sarah Bram, MD
Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center	Plainsboro	New Jersey	08536	Julianne Prasto, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Main Campus	Cincinnati	Ohio	45229	Patrick Brady, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Liberty Campus	Liberty Township	Ohio	45044	Patrick Brady, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	19104	Chris Bonafide, MD
Texas Children's Main	Houston	Texas	77030	Sowdhamini Wallace, MD
Texas Children's West	Houston	Texas	77094	Katie Ban, MD
Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Campus	Lehi	Utah	84043	Kristina McKinley, MD
Riverton Hospital	Riverton	Utah	84065	-
Primary Children's Hospital	Salt Lake City	Utah	84113	Kristina McKinley
Seattle Children's Hospital	Seattle	Washington	98105	Eric Coon, MD, MS

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