Early Auditory Referral in Primary Care

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hearing Loss

In brief

Busy Primary Care providers (PCPs) have complex practices with many competing demands, making it difficult to improve their HL identification rates. Little research has been conducted to identify effective approaches to address the poor PCP knowledge and provide tools for them to better identify/refer patients with HL for appropriate intervention. Current data suggests there is a critical need to redesign how PCPs deliver hearing health care (HHC) by developing focused educational programs and simple clinical management tools to help them integrate HHC into their practices. To address this need, this study will educate providers on hearing loss (HL) screening/treatment as well as create a Best Practice Alert (BPA), or clinical prompt, that is configured for maximal effectiveness in reminding PCPs to ask their patients if they think they have a HL. This combination of education for providers and clinical reminder could help increase HL screening rates but how much is not clear. This 5 year R21/R33 study funded by National Institute of Deafness and Communicative Disorders seeks to provide detailed understanding of both how educating providers on HL and the use of an effective BPA affects HL screening rates and identification for people with mild to moderate hearing loss.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03004937

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

10000

Starts

2014-04-01

Expected to finish

2019-03-31

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-05

Who can join

Age: 55 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 55 years or older, doesn't have a known hearing loss on their problem summary list (found in the electronic health record), doesn't already have an open referral to audiology in their chart, and has an encounter with a provider at a participating Family Medicine clinic.

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• Dominos Farms Family Medicine — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Chelsea Family Medicine — Chelsea, Michigan, United States
• Dexter Health Center — Dexter, Michigan, United States
• Livonia Health Center — Livonia, Michigan, United States
• Beaumont Rochester Hills Family Physicians — Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States
• Beaumont East Area Family Practice — Roseville, Michigan, United States
• Beaumont Shorepointe Family Physicians — Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, United States
• Beaumont Family Practice — Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, United States
• Clearwater Family Medicine — Washington, Michigan, United States
• Ypsilanti Health Center — Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

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