Transitional Care Support for Medicaid-Insured Patients With Serious Mental Illness: Protocol for a Type I Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

J Margo Brooks Carthon   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD, RN, FAAN ;   Heather Brom   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD, RN ;   Kelvin Eyram Amenyedor   ¹ , MD, MPH ;   Michael O Harhay   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Marsha Grantham-Murillo   ⁴ , DNP, RN ;   Jacqueline Nikpour   ⁵ , PhD, RN ;   Karen B Lasater   ^{1, 2} , PhD, RN, FAAN ;   Daniela Golinelli   ¹ , PhD ;   Pamela Z Cacchione   ^{2, 6, 7} , PhD, CRNP, BC, FAAN ;   Amanda P Bettencourt   ^{1, 2, 8} , PhD, APRN, CCRN, ACCNS-P

¹ Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

² Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

³ Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

⁴ Penn Medicine at Home, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

⁵ Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

⁶ New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

⁷ Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States

⁸ Penn Implementation Science Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

*these authors contributed equally