A Program of Physician Supervision to Improve the Quality of Patient Referrals From Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Complex Patients

• Registration Number: NCT01875068
• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Brief Summary

The investigators have previously demonstrated utilizing a validated tool, that the quality of referrals from nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA) is less than referrals from physicians. The investigators hypothesize that with local physician input, the quality of referrals from nurse practitioners and physician assistants will improve. This is a prospective study comparing patient referrals from nurse practitioners and physician assistants with and without prior discussion with a local physician.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-06-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-06-10
• Study First Posted: 2013-06-11
• Study Start: 2013-07
• Primary Completion: 2018-06-05
• Study Completion: 2018-06-05
• Status Verified: 2019-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-10-01
• Last Update Posted: 2019-10-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Improved referrals from nurse practitioners and physician assistants to physicians as determined using a previously validated tool	2 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic in Rochester; 🇺🇸 Rochester, Minnesota, United States