SimCare: Physician Intervention to Improve Diabetes Care
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Diabetes Mellitus
In brief
This randomized trial will test the hypotheses that (a) a physician opinion leader intervention, (b) a "narrative process trace" physician feedback intervention, or (c) the combined intervention (a + b), are no more effective than (d) usual care in improving the clinical care of adult patients with type 2 diabetes.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00262704
- Run by
- HealthPartners Institute
- People needed
- 2020
- Starts
- 2001-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2002-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-08-21
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients- Diabetes patients associated with the n=57 physicians were selected according to the following criteria: (1) enrolled in HealthPartners on January 1, 1998, (2) be at least 19 years of age on January 1, 1998, (3) have an established diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in 1998 based on meeting at least one of the following two criteria: (a) have one or more inpatient, or two or more outpatient International Classification of Diseases-9 (ICD-9) diagnostic codes 250.xx for diabetes, or (b) have a filled prescription for a diabetes-specific drug including insulins, sulphonylureas, biguanides, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, thiazolidinediones, or meglitinides.
- Physicians-All primary care adult care physicians (family physicians or primary care internists) employed full-time at HealthPartners medical groups as of 2000 were eligible for this study.
You may not qualify if…
- None
Where it is running
- HealthPartners Research Foundation — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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