A Randomized Trial of Electronic Integration of Care for Better Diabetes Outcomes; The COMPETE II Study
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Diabetes
- Interventions
- Other: Electronic disease management decision support
- Registration Number
- NCT00813085
- Lead Sponsor
- McMaster University
- Brief Summary
This study will evaluate whether the use of an electronic diabetes tracker by both patients and family physicians in Ontario improves diabetes outcomes, satisfaction with care and with technology and health data privacy issues. As part of the study, the investigators will be able to test whether practices that use computers perform any better than practices using paper. The investigators also will be developing the first Canadian computerized chart summary for each patient that can be communicated securely in emergencies (the Emergency Health Record) and read by all current electronic systems.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 511
Inclusion Criteria
- Adult, cognitively intact, consenting people with diabetes within enrolled practices
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Exclusion Criteria
- Non-english speaking
- Cognitively impaired
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Electronic disease management decision support Electronic disease management decision support An electronic Diabetes Tracker embedded in a Core Data Set (DT/CDS) supported by an automated telephone reminder system (ATRS).
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of change in diabetes quality of care between intervention and usual care group. 6 months follow-up
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in diabetes risk factor variables, satisfaction with care and technology, quality of life and health care utilization, health data privacy issues. 6 months
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
St Joseph's Healthcare & Mcmaster University
🇨🇦Hamilton, Ontario, Canada