Status:

COMPLETED

SimCare: Physician Intervention to Improve Diabetes Care

Lead Sponsor:

HealthPartners Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Conditions:

Diabetes Mellitus

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This randomized trial will test the hypotheses that (a) a physician opinion leader intervention, (b) a "narrative process trace" physician feedback intervention, or (c) the combined intervention (a + ...

Detailed Description

This randomized trial will test the hypothesis that (a) an influential physician feedback intervention, (b) a "narrative process trace" feedback intervention, or (c) the combined intervention (a + b),...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients- Diabetes patients associated with the n=57 physicians were selected according to the following criteria: (1) enrolled in HealthPartners on January 1, 1998, (2) be at least 19 years of age on January 1, 1998, (3) have an established diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in 1998 based on meeting at least one of the following two criteria: (a) have one or more inpatient, or two or more outpatient International Classification of Diseases-9 (ICD-9) diagnostic codes 250.xx for diabetes, or (b) have a filled prescription for a diabetes-specific drug including insulins, sulphonylureas, biguanides, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, thiazolidinediones, or meglitinides.
  • Physicians-All primary care adult care physicians (family physicians or primary care internists) employed full-time at HealthPartners medical groups as of 2000 were eligible for this study.

Exclusion

  • None

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2001

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2002

Estimated Enrollment :

2020 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00262704

Start Date

December 1 2001

End Date

September 1 2002

Last Update

August 21 2014

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HealthPartners Research Foundation

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55440