Centers for Education on Research and Therapeutics - Heart Failure: Targeted Intervention Study (CERTs-HF)

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heart Failure

Treatments: Behavioral: Intensive quality improvement tools

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00979264

1U18HS016964 (U.S. AHRQ Grant/Contract)

Pro00004022

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to evaluate whether a quarterly feedback, education and performance improvement site-based intervention has a greater impact on quality performance and adherence to evidenced-based guidelines than existing on-demand feedback. This study will use a randomized design to compare changes in quality performance and adherence to selected measures among hospitals using existing on-demand reports and general quality improvement (QI) efforts versus those receiving intensive, targeted QI feedback via reports, teleconferences, webinars, and specialized tool kits.

Enrollment: 147 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All sites participating in Get With the Guidelines Heart Failure.

Exclusion criteria

• Sites in Get With the Guidelines Heart Failure which opt out of participation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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147 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard quality improvement approaches available through participation in Get With the Guidelines - Heart Failure.

Intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Enhanced and/or intensive quality improvement approaches, coupled with standard approaches available through participation in Get With the Guidelines - Heart Failure.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intensive quality improvement tools