Supporting Practices to Adopt Registry-Based Care (SPARC): protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes is predicted to increase in incidence by 42% from 1995 to 2025. Although most adults with diabetes seek care from primary care practices, adherence to treatment guidelines in these settings is not optimal. Many practices lack the infrastructure to monitor patient adherence to recommended treatment and are slow to implement changes critical for effective management of patients with chronic conditions. Supporting Practices to Adopt Registry-Based Care (SPARC) will evaluate effectiveness and sustainability of a low-cost intervention designed to support work process change in primary care practices and enhance focus on population-based care through implementation of a diabetes registry.

Methods

SPARC is a two-armed randomized controlled trial (RCT) of 30 prim

SUBMITTER: Etz RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4399225 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature