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Web System for Engaging Families & Doctors in Continuous Asthma Quality Improvement

Not Applicable
Withdrawn
Conditions
Asthma
Interventions
Behavioral: Remote Coach plus Asthma Module
Behavioral: CHADIS- no Asthma Module
Behavioral: Asthma Module- No Coach
Registration Number
NCT02435394
Lead Sponsor
Total Child Health, Inc.
Brief Summary

Asthma, one of the most common pediatric illnesses, is optimally managed according to National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) guidelines yet this is not often done in primary care. This project is to develop and test the effects of using a module for guideline based care in the Child Health and Development Interactive System (CHADIS) online system by prompting and incorporating patient symptom/control and adherence data from standard questionnaires to inform visits and providing automated patient specific education and Asthma Action Plans in individual Care Portals.

Detailed Description

We will complete the formative work collecting professional opinion to create and pilot the initial CHADIS Asthma Intervention module (CHADIS-AI), an innovative decision support system. CHADIS-AI content will be assembled and vetted by asthma experts and primary care providers (PCPs). Parent and teen focus groups will vet the content and language of the adherence materials and Care Portal. A system will also be established for points for patient participation, to give clinicians Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credit, and ongoing run chart reports of their patients' asthma status for continual Quality Improvement (QI) feedback. The resulting system will be pilot tested and refined by clinician feedback. Practices will be randomly assigned to intervention vs control. Control practices will use CHADIS for asthma care without the A-I module. Intervention practices will be further randomized to have remote coach support for patients or not. Outcomes will be examined of asthma severity/control, match of severity with guideline based medication management, numbers of Emergency Department (ED) visits, hospitalizations and oral steroid use. Effect of remote coaching will also be assessed.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
  • Asthma diagnosis
Exclusion Criteria
  • Not English or Spanish speaking

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Remote Coach plus Asthma ModuleRemote Coach plus Asthma ModuleThe intervention is for practices to have remote coach support for patients with asthma in addition to doctors using CHADIS-Asthma module. Practices will start sequentially for a time series analysis.
CHADIS- no Asthma moduleCHADIS- no Asthma ModulePractices using CHADIS but no Asthma module as a control condition.
Asthma Module- No CoachAsthma Module- No CoachThe intervention is for practices to use CHADIS-Asthma module to improve patient care without a remote coach assisting patient adherence.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
NHLBI recommended controller meds used3-12 months

match between severity rating and NHLBI recommended med mgt

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Emergency department visits3-12 months

Self reported interval ED visits

Influenza vaccine receipt3-12 months

self reported receipt of flu vaccine for this season

Hospitalizations for asthma3-12 months

Self reported hospitalizations

Steroid bursts3-12 months

Self reported use of steroid bursts for asthma exacerbations

Asthma trigger mitigation3-12 months

self-reported efforts to reduce asthma triggers

asthma symptom control3-12 months

severity/control ratings

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Total Child Health

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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