Using Electronic Medical Record Data to Improve HIV Primary Care

Unity Health Toronto

Status: Completed

Conditions: Quality of Health Care; Electronic Health Records; HIV/AIDS

Treatments: Behavioral: Audit and Feedback

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04107233

SMH-16-381

Details and patient eligibility

About

This cluster randomized control trial examines whether an audit and feedback study improves care of patients living with HIV/AIDS in a family health team setting.

Full description

This cluster randomized control trial will use electronic medical record (EMR) data from the St. Michael's Hospital Academic Family Health Team to examine whether the quality of HIV care provided to patients can be improved through an audit and feedback (A&F) intervention. Our objective is to examine whether A&F targeting family physicians caring for people living with HIV/AIDS (PHLA) using EMR data can improve laboratory monitoring, engagement in primary care and the uptake of preventive interventions.

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Family physicians at the St. Michael's Hospital Academic Family Health Team who have at least 20 PLHA.

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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13 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Audit and feedback directed at family physicians, including reports a one-on-one meeting.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Audit and Feedback

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care; may receive the intervention at the end of the study if successful