Hepatitis C Testing in VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (HCVCBOC)

VA Office of Research and Development

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hepatitis C

Treatments: Other: quality improvement intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02936648

QUX 16-010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The VISN1 VA Hepatitis C Testing and Linkage to Care Quality Improvement project aims to increase the proportion of Veterans tested for HCV in those born between 1945-1965 and in vulnerable, high-risk groups.

Full description

The VISN1 VA Hepatitis C Testing and Linkage to Care Quality Improvement project aims to: (1) increase the proportion of Veterans tested for HCV in those born between 1945-1965 and in vulnerable, high-risk groups, (2) Increase linkage to specialized HCV care among VISN 1 VA Veterans diagnosed with HCV infection, and (3) Evaluate whether race, ethnicity, gender, or other markers of social disparity influence completion of HCV testing and linkage to specialty care, and whether disparities are reduced by the planned VISN 1 VA HCV Quality Improvement (QI) program. The central focus is to reduce delays in diagnosis and linkage to treatment evaluation, management of comorbidities and contraindications, and subsequent initiation.

Enrollment: 2,209 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Veterans
• Born in the period of 1945-1965 ("birth cohort")
• With an outpatient visit in primary care at a VISN1 facility in FY 2016

Exclusion criteria

• N/A

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2,209 participants in 1 patient group

quality improvement intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention activities included: assessment, planning, stakeholder engagement, education, ongoing process monitoring, program adaptation, problem identification and problem solving, data audit/feedback, program marketing, network development, among others.

Treatment:

Other: quality improvement intervention