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NCT Number: NCT00979264

Centers for Education on Research and Therapeutics - Heart Failure: Targeted Intervention Study

The objective of this study is to evaluate whether a quarterly feedback, education and performance improvement site-based intervention has a greater impact on quality performance and adherence to evidenced-based guidelines than existing on-demand feedback. This study will use a randomized design to compare changes in quality performance and adherence to selected measures among hospitals using existing on-demand reports and general quality improvement (QI) efforts versus those receiving intensive, targeted QI feedback via reports, teleconferences, webinars, and specialized tool kits.

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Key information

Conditions

Heart Failure Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Duke Clinical Research Institute

Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All sites participating in Get With the Guidelines Heart Failure.

Exclusion criteria

  • Sites in Get With the Guidelines Heart Failure which opt out of participation.

Treatment and study plan

Intensive quality improvement tools

Behavioral

Personalized performance improvement interventions, including premier site data reports, personalized feedback/teleconferences, comprehensive toolkits, and focused webinars; in addition to other general QI tools typically available through participation in Get With the Guidelines Heart Failure.

Primary outcomes

  1. Improvement in the overall opportunity-based composite of measures eligible for intervention (absolute score difference compared to the control arm) based on the existing Get With the Guidelines Heart Failure Achievement Measures and Quality Measures.

    Time frame: 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Improvement in Defect Free (all or none) score based on the combined Get With the Guidelines Heart Failure Achievement and Quality Measures

    Time frame: 1 year

  2. Improvement in scores of each individual Get With the Guidelines Heart Failure Achievement and Quality Measure

    Time frame: 1 year

  3. Improvement in length of stay and in-patient mortality.

    Time frame: 1 year

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Duke University

Other

Collaborators

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Registry information

Acronym: CERTs-HF

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Sep 17, 2009
Registry last updated
Jun 26, 2012

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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