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Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes

NCT00572221 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4316

Last updated 2013-03-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The overall goal of this project is to increase the number of high quality nursing homes in Massachusetts. The study will evaluate an intervention involving two active treatment arms: one implementing a CQI program and a second implementing the CQI program and specific protocol programming. The intervention will be implemented in 24 nursing homes identified as performing, over multiple quality indicator domains, at a poor or average level across multiple outcome domains.

Conditions

  • Underperforming Nursing Homes

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Continuing Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance system

The main intervention is a facility-wide Continuing Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance system, with problem recognition and ongoing evaluation.

BEHAVIORAL

CQI and QA System with Best-Practice Care Protocols

A facility-wide Continuing Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance system, with problem recognition and ongoing evaluation. Research clinical staff will also provide best-practice care protocols designed by our research team to address targeted problem conditions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    collaborator NIH

  • Hebrew SeniorLife

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John N Morris, PhD · Institute of Aging Research, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-02-28
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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