A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Shared Panel Management Program for Small Practices.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether a shared panel management program was effective at improving quality of care for patients with uncontrolled chronic disease.

Data sources

Data were extracted from electronic health records.

Study design

Randomized controlled trial of a panel management program initiated by New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Patients from 20 practices with an uncontrolled chronic disease and a lapse in care were assigned to the intervention (a phone call requesting that the patient schedule a physician appointment) or usual care. Outcomes were visits to physician practices, body mass index measurement, blood pressure measurement and control, use of antithrombotics, and low-density lipoprotein measurement and control.

Principal find

SUBMITTER: Bishop TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5034212 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature