Status:
COMPLETED
Data-driven Quality Improvement in Primary Care - Trial
Lead Sponsor:
University of Dundee
Collaborating Sponsors:
NHS Tayside
NHS Fife
Conditions:
Drug Safety
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
A cluster randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of an informatics tool, educational and financial incentives to reduce high risk prescribing of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs an...
Detailed Description
The trial described here is part of a programme which aimed to design a complex, primary care prescribing safety improvement intervention and test its effectiveness in a randomised controlled trial. ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- General medical practices in NHS Fife and NHS Tayside with a compatible clinical IT system and agreeing to participate.
- Practices that agree to have relevant medication related data to be automatically extracted from their electronic clinical information systems from 1/10/10 to 30/9/13 (ie 12 months before first practice starts till 12 months after last practice starts).
Exclusion
- Practices that use General Practice Administration System for Scotland (GPASS) or Egton Medicine Information System (EMIS) on the date of randomisation, since data extraction for the informatics requires Vision practice IT system.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
33 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01425502
Start Date
September 1 2012
End Date
July 1 2014
Last Update
February 2 2016
Active Locations (2)
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NHS Fife
General Practices Across Fife, United Kingdom
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NHS Tayside
General Practices Across Tayside, United Kingdom