Increasing Evidence-based Clinical Practices in VA

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hand Washing

In brief

Evidence-based clinical practices (EBCPs) are often not widely adopted, despite extensive efforts to influence individual practitioners to use them. The aim of the project is to work with Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) 1, 10, and 23 and their medical centers to create and test organizations that facilitate the use of EBCPs. The research objectives are to: Test the effectiveness of the proposed organizational model in comparison with a more limited data-feedback strategy in improving system use of a selected EBCP; Identify and analyze organizational factors that affect model implementation; Test the feasibility of intervention activities to introduce and support the model.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00366028

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

1624

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2009-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-28

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• VA employees of VISNs 1, 10 and 23 working in participating clinical units or holding a leadership position in medical centers identified by facility leadership for participation in the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Must have operational proficiency in English. All to be interviewed and surveyed will hold professional positions in VA, so this is not expected to be a major barrier to inclusion.

Where it is running

• VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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