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Improving Diabetes Care:Effectiveness of Physician Profiling and Care Coordination by a Diabetes Resource Nurse

NCT00258674 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1891

Last updated 2026-03-03

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of physician profiling and care coordination by a diabetes resource nurse in improving the quality of diabetes care.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Medicare Claims Feedback

Physician practices received periodic feedback on their performance on selected diabetes quality of care measures as reflected by the Medicare claims data for their patients.

OTHER

Medical Record Review

Physician practices received period feedback on their performance on selected diabetes quality of care measures, as reflected by data collected from their patients' medical records. These data were compiled by trained nurse abstractors using a standardized data collection tool developed for this study.

OTHER

Diabetes Resource Nurse

Diabetes Resource Nurses (DRNs) were registered nurses with 3-5 years of experience as certified diabetes educations who performed initial patient assessments, developed plans of care, administered screening tools, and monitored clinical outcomes. Physicians at the practices randomised to this intervention had could access the DRN's services for their diabetes patients, but neither physicians nor patients had to take advantage of this resource.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • David J Ballard, MD,MSPH,PhD · Baylor Health Care System Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-01-31
Primary Completion
2001-12-31
Completion
2001-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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