Automated Clinical Reminders in the Care of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

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Conditions studied: Chronic Kidney Disease

In brief

To determine whether the use of educational sessions and computerized clinical reminders can improve primary care doctors' delivery of care to CKD patients compared to educational sessions alone. Hypothesis: Clinical reminders will improve the care delivered to CKD patients

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00688285

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

248

Starts

2008-12-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-03-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• For PCPs: all GIM attending physicians with a weekly continuity clinic.
• For patients: >= 18 years-old with an eGFR<45ml/min/1.73m2 being seen in the UPMC GIM clinic by a faculty member during the 10-month intervention period

You may not qualify if…

• for PCPs: imminent plans to leave the department
• patients with a renal transplant, on any form of dialysis, or with a previous nephrology evaluation.

Where it is running

• University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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