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Study NCT ID:
NCT00115284
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2009-02-13
First Post:
2005-06-21
Brief Title:
Changes in Physician Performance Through Continuous Professional Development
Sponsor:
Henry Ford Health System
Organization:
Henry Ford Health System
Study Overview
Official Title:
An Evaluation of Changes in Physician Performance Through Continuous Professional Development
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2009-02
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine whether having physicians evaluate their management of certain diseases as part of board recertification results in improved patient care
Detailed Description:
In the year 2000 the American Board of Internal Medicine introduced continuous professional development as part of its board recertification process The purpose of these changes were to achieve the following goals
To improve the quality of patient care
To affirm the high standards expected of a self-regulating accountable profession
To foster continuing scholarship and self-improvement
To offer diplomats a portfolio of credentials attesting to competence and
To add value to the health care system
The most notable change in the new recertification process was the addition of practice improvement modules PIMs These modules require physicians to review how well they manage a particular chronic disease within their practice and to develop an improvement plan for their practice In April 2005 it became a requirement that all internists complete a PIM as part of board recertification
Currently it not known whether having physicians evaluate their management of certain diseases as part of board recertification will achieve its intended goal of improving patient care Therefore the purpose of this trial is to assess whether practice improvement modules result in improved clinical performance
The PIM selected for this study will focus on asthma As PIMs seek to improve the quality of care within a practice the unit of randomization in this study will be clinics ie practices within the Henry Ford Health System We will enroll practicing board-certified internists within the Henry Ford Medical Group 40 internists or 20 per arm Clinics 16 or 8 per arm will then be randomized to either complete the PIM or not complete the PIM Participating internists at a site randomized to complete the PIM will be encouraged to work together to complete the asthma PIM Participating internists at control sites will continue usual care and will not be asked to complete an asthma PIM
Comparisons We will assess differences in asthma care by prospectively surveying patients seen by physicians in the intervention group and control group following the intervention period These analyses will be adjusted by the baseline characteristics of asthma patients seen by participating physicians
To improve the quality of patient care
To affirm the high standards expected of a self-regulating accountable profession
To foster continuing scholarship and self-improvement
To offer diplomats a portfolio of credentials attesting to competence and
To add value to the health care system
The most notable change in the new recertification process was the addition of practice improvement modules PIMs These modules require physicians to review how well they manage a particular chronic disease within their practice and to develop an improvement plan for their practice In April 2005 it became a requirement that all internists complete a PIM as part of board recertification
Currently it not known whether having physicians evaluate their management of certain diseases as part of board recertification will achieve its intended goal of improving patient care Therefore the purpose of this trial is to assess whether practice improvement modules result in improved clinical performance
The PIM selected for this study will focus on asthma As PIMs seek to improve the quality of care within a practice the unit of randomization in this study will be clinics ie practices within the Henry Ford Health System We will enroll practicing board-certified internists within the Henry Ford Medical Group 40 internists or 20 per arm Clinics 16 or 8 per arm will then be randomized to either complete the PIM or not complete the PIM Participating internists at a site randomized to complete the PIM will be encouraged to work together to complete the asthma PIM Participating internists at control sites will continue usual care and will not be asked to complete an asthma PIM
Comparisons We will assess differences in asthma care by prospectively surveying patients seen by physicians in the intervention group and control group following the intervention period These analyses will be adjusted by the baseline characteristics of asthma patients seen by participating physicians
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None