- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT02427048
Clinical Practice Guidelines and Impact of Audit and Feedback in the Emergency Department
Adherence to Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Impact of Audit and Feedback in the Emergency Department
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
This study will be performed at Denver Health Medical Center, a 477-bed urban, safety-net, acute-care hospital located in Denver, Colorado. The adult ED is staffed by board-certified emergency physicians at all times. These physicians supervise the care of all patients being managed by resident physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and medical students. Approximately 430 patients are admitted to the hospital from the ED each year with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and severe sepsis (SS).
Adherence to CPGs will be measured at the level of the attending emergency physician. All employed, attending emergency physicians working clinically in the adult ED at Denver Health Medical Center at the start of the study will be included.
The investigators will use a step-wedge design to randomize physicians into clusters. Randomization of physicians into clusters and randomization of clusters to intervention timing will occur one week prior to delivery of the intervention to cluster one. he intervention will consist of monthly audit and feedback on adherence to CPGs for CAP and SS. Once a cluster enters its first intervention month, all physicians in that cluster will receive an email detailing their adherence to both CAP and SS CPG for every month since the start of the study. Adherence to the entire CPG as well as each component of the CPG will be provided. In addition, physicians will be shown the median prevalence of adherence for all physicians as well as where their adherence ranks among their physician group. Lastly, in a separate secure email, physicians will be given patient identifiers (i.e., name, MRN, date of visit) for each patient that received non-adherent care and will be told which component of care was not adherent to the respective CPG so that they can review the case themselves, if desired.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Attending emergency medicine physicians working clinically in the Adult Emergency Department at Denver Health Medical Center at the start of the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- None. All eligible physicians will be included.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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No Intervention: Pre-Intervention
Delayed feedback and peer comparison
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Experimental: Feedback with Peer Comparison
Individualized adherence feedback with peer comparison
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Email detailing adherence to CAP and SS CPG for every month since start of study.
Physicians will be provided individualized feedback and given patient identifiers for each patient that received non-adherent care.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in Adherence to Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Severe Sepsis Clinical Practice Guidelines
Time Frame: 30 days post-intervention and 60 days post-intervention
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Adherence will be determined via chart review of patients and will be measured by concordance with published clinical practice guidelines
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30 days post-intervention and 60 days post-intervention
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Stacy Trent, MD, Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 15-0400
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
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