Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement (ACQUIP)
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 62,487
- Locations
- 5
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Health care organizations, including the VA, are investing substantial effort to improve quality of care. As part of this process, greater emphasis is being placed on measurement of outcomes, and in particular, functional outcomes and satisfaction as reported by patients.
Detailed Description
Background:
Health care organizations, including the VA, are investing substantial effort to improve quality of care. As part of this process, greater emphasis is being placed on measurement of outcomes, and in particular, functional outcomes and satisfaction as reported by patients.
Objectives:
ACQUIP was designed to determine whether quality and outcomes of health care improve when primary care providers have access to regular assessments of their patients' health and function along with routine clinical data and information about clinical guidelines.
Methods:
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Enrolled in VA GIM clinic with visit in past year
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
Arm 1
Intervention: Provision of health status information to patients provider (Behavioral)