N/A N=750 Randomized Single-blind Health Services Research

Aligning Patients and Their Primary Care Providers

Primary Health Care · Quality of Health Care · Comorbidity · Communication · Medical Informatics Applications

Bottom Line

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Enrolled (actual)

750

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Apr 2019

Primary outcome: Primary: Aggregate Measure of Guideline-Based Clinical Care Gaps — 184; 210 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type: Interventional
Phase: N/A
Interventions: Visit Planner (Behavioral); Attention Control Pamphlet (Other); iPad (Device)
Age: Adult, Older Adult · 30+ yrs
Sex: All
Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente
Primary completion: Jul 2017

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Aggregate Measure of Guideline-Based Clinical Care Gaps	184; 210	—
SECONDARY Patient-reported Outcomes	198; 160; 304; 297	—

Summary

This project focuses on improving the patient-provider primary care visit interaction by addressing the need to align patient and provider priorities in a way that incorporates patients' goals and preferences while supporting the clinical work of their providers.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Kaiser Permanente member with an assigned primary care provider, with at least one quality care gap at baseline (overdue screening tests, elevated risk factor levels, sub-optimal adherence to chronically prescribed medicines, current smoker)
Patients must be either:
1) relatively new to their provider (0-3 visits in past 18 months) or if associated with their provider for > 18 months,
2) have evidence for medical complexity (4 or more prescribed medicines, in a chronic disease management program, or recently admitted to hospital or emergency department)

Exclusion Criteria

Excluded by their primary care provider

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02707146). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.