Feasibility of a Clinician Training Program to Improve Patient-provider Communication in the Presence of Health IT Systems in the Exam Room
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Asthma
In brief
The investigators propose to modify and expand the internationally-recognized evidence-based Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) program to make it a suitable tool for training primary care clinicians on the effective use of EHRs at the point of care. The investigators will first develop the EHR edition of PACE (EHR-PACE) through literature and expert review of best practices for clinicians interacting with patients in the presence of computer systems in the exam room. They will then establish the feasibility and potential impact of EHR-PACE via a randomized design on 125 patients of 20 physicians who receive the intervention on the following outcomes via survey 3 and 6 months post-intervention: patient satisfaction with the physician's performance, asthma control, and asthma-related quality of life. Outcomes will be assessed on patients, but physicians will receive the intervention. Patients will not know which arm their doctor was randomized to. The pilot trial will compare two groups of primary care physicians who see patients with asthma in clinics equipped with certified EHRs. It is hypothesized that patients of physicians who receive EHR-PACE training will achieve better outcomes compared to physicians who do not receive EHR-PACE.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02915068
- Run by
- University of Michigan
- People needed
- 126
- Starts
- 2015-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-09-14
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Physicians:
- Licensed physician in practice and board certified in primary care or family medicine
- Treating adults with asthma
- Full-time in a practice at an Integrated Health Associates clinic that has implemented a certified EHR system for at least one year
- Consent to participate
- Will generate a roster of adult asthma patients for inclusion in the study
- Patients:
- Treated by the participating physician during the study intake period
- 18 years of age or older
- Have a diagnosis of asthma made by a physician using the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Guidelines
- Have at least one urgent medical care visit for asthma in the previous year
- Have access to a telephone
- Consent to participate
You may not qualify if…
- Patients:
- Have other chronic disorders that have pulmonary complications
Where it is running
- Integrated Health Associates ClinSite Research — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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