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A Program of Physician Supervision to Improve the Quality of Patient Referrals From Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

NCT01875068 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2019-10-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators have previously demonstrated utilizing a validated tool, that the quality of referrals from nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA) is less than referrals from physicians. The investigators hypothesize that with local physician input, the quality of referrals from nurse practitioners and physician assistants will improve. This is a prospective study comparing patient referrals from nurse practitioners and physician assistants with and without prior discussion with a local physician.

Conditions

  • Complex Patients

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Consultations between NPs and PAs and their supervising physicians

Required discussion with physician prior to referral by a nurse practitioner or physician assistant

BEHAVIORAL

versus NPs and PAs who are not required to discuss patient referrals (control group).

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Lohr, MD · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-31
Primary Completion
2018-06-05
Completion
2018-06-05

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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