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Audit and Feedback for General Practitioners in the Intego Network
1 other identifier
interventional
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0 countries
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Brief Summary
Audit and feedback is an extensively investigated quality intervention, which according to the last Cochrane review leads to small but potentially important improvements in professional practice. There is some evidence that feedback can improve EHR registration but the effect and important features of feedback are still the subject of debate. Previous work has identified some testable and theory-informed hypotheses for designing an audit and feedback intervention and suggestions to improve the effectiveness of the intervention are available in literature. There are several criteria feedback could meet to have an impact on the registration level of GP's in the EHR. The researchers now want to evaluate if the effort to make an extended feedback intervention has an effect on the registration behavior of the GP. The research question is: Does an audit and extended feedback intervention improves the quality of registration in the EHR of the general physician compared to basic feedback?
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
Started Jan 2022
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable diabetes-mellitus
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 11, 2020
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 14, 2020
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
January 30, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
February 28, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
February 28, 2022
CompletedMarch 22, 2022
March 1, 2022
29 days
May 11, 2020
March 8, 2022
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
percentage registered diagnoses of DM 2 in the EHR
Registered diagnosis of type II diabetes in GPs electronic health record
12 months
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Percentage registered lifestyle factors
12 months
percentage registered diagnoses of heart failure
12 months
Other Outcomes (4)
CKD follow-up quality indicator
12 months
CKD vaccination quality indicator
12 months
Diabetes treatment quality indicator
12 months
- +1 more other outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Extended audit and feedback
EXPERIMENTALThe intervention consists of an extended electronically delivered feedback with multiple components which will be delivered 4 times electronically into general practices over 12 months. This extended feedback report consists of: * Benchmarking of the results of the audit versus peers, versus guidelines and versus disease specific laboratory results. * A low cognitive load of the feedback where the results will be presented with the help of graphs. * Action plans to improve the quality of registration * A push system to minimize the effort the GP must make to consult the feedback.
Basic feedback
ACTIVE COMPARATORIn the past, all GPs received basic feedback on the level of registration in the EHR and this form of feedback will still be provided in the control group. By providing all GPs a basic level of feedback, we do not change the former protocol and all GPs will receive the opportunity to improve their registration performance. Only the way of receiving feedback is more straightforward, the GP needs to login to HealthStat.be.
Interventions
The intervention consists of an extended electronically delivered feedback with multiple components which will be delivered 4 times electronically into general practices over 12 months. This extended feedback report consists of: * Benchmarking of the results of the audit versus peers, versus guidelines and versus disease specific laboratory results. * A low cognitive load of the feedback where the results will be presented with the help of graphs. * Action plans to improve the quality of registration * A push system to minimize the effort the GP must make to consult the feedback.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- This trial has the general practices as the level of allocation.
- All GPs in the Intego network will be asked to participate in this trial.
- For GPs working in a group, the whole group will be asked to collaborate.
You may not qualify if:
- \- If not all GPs in a group practice want to collaborate in the intervention study, the whole GP practice will not be included in this study.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Related Publications (1)
Van den Bulck S, De Burghgraeve T, Raat W, Mamouris P, Coursier P, Vankrunkelsven P, Goderis G, Hermens R, Van Pottelbergh G, Vaes B. The effect of automated audit and feedback on data completeness in the electronic health record of the general physician: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2021 May 4;22(1):325. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05259-9.
PMID: 33947448DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Tine De Burghgraeve, PhD
KU Leuven
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Tine De Burghraeve, PhD
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 11, 2020
First Posted
May 14, 2020
Study Start
January 30, 2022
Primary Completion
February 28, 2022
Study Completion
February 28, 2022
Last Updated
March 22, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-03
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share