QUality improvement in primary care to prevent hospitalisations and improve Effectiveness and efficiency of care for people Living with coronary heart disease (QUEL)

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular - Coronary heart disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619001790134
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-12-20
• Last Update Posted: 6 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Practices will be eligible to participate if they have:
i.greater than or equal to 100 patients year with CHD and
ii.use practice software that is compliant with Improvement Foundation systems (eg. Medical Director, Best Practice, Communicare, Monet and Clarity which account for the majority of practice management market-share in Australia).

The patient cohort for the QUEL will comprise a dataset of individuals made up of all eligible patients presenting to participating practices. Data will be electronically extracted into a central secure database. Patient data will be included for people who are:
i.greater than or equal to 18 years with a documented diagnosis of CHD in the primary care record of a participating practice and,
ii.have visited their GP at least once in the previous 12 months

Exclusion Criteria

Practices will be excluded if they are:
i.unable to provide written agreement to participate in the quality improvement program or
ii.the primary care practice is already participating in a formal quality improvement project targeting CVD.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of unplanned CVD hospitalisations according linkage with state-based administrative data for hospitalisations.[24 months post baseline data extraction]