Improving Care for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Using EMRALD

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Kidney Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: CKD feedback and tools

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02274298

074-2013-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial will test the impact of feedback and a toolkit aimed at improving the management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the primary care setting. This trial will use family physicians in Ontario participating in the Electronic.

Full description

This trial will use family physicians in Ontario participating in the Electronic Medical Record Administrative data Linked Database (EMRALD) and receiving the System for Audit and Feedback to Improve caRE (SAFIRE) along with other decision support tools. Performance on CKD quality indicators for family physicians receiving the CKD feedback and tools will be compared to physicians not receiving the CKD feedback or tools.

Enrollment: 221 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Family physicians participating in EMRALD, on the EMR for >=2 years, roster size >=100 patients
• Patient criteria, rostered and actively seeing an EMRALD physician, on the EMR for .=1 year

Exclusion criteria

• Updated data available at the time of study commencement

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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221 participants in 2 patient groups

CKD feedback and tools

Active Comparator group

Description:

Physicians in these clinics/clusters will receive feedback on their performance for screening and managing CKD quality indicators as well as EMR tools to aid in their performance

Treatment:

Behavioral: CKD feedback and tools

No Intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

Physicians in these clinics/clusters will not receive CKD feedback or tools