Observational studies | ||
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Study (PI) | Setting | Approach |
Learning and Relationships in VA Primary Care Clinics (VA L&R, Pugh) [28] | 19 Veteran Affairs primary care clinics in South Texas | N/A |
Using Complexity Science to Understand Inpatient Microsystems (CS-IM, Leykum) [31],[32] | 11 physician teams in two teaching hospitals in San Antonio | N/A |
Interventional studies | ||
Study to Enhance Prevention by Understanding Practice (STEP-UP, Stange) [25-27] | Randomized trial 77 primary care practices in Ohio | Facilitation to enable process improvement to improved delivery of preventive services |
Using Learning Teams for Reflective Adaptation study (ULTRA, Crabtree) [4] | 25 primary care practices | Facilitated reflective adaptive process to improve team communication and adherence to clinical guidelines |
Enhancing Practice, Improving Care (EPIC, Nutting and Crabtree) [6] | 40 primary care practices | Three-arm study: Practice facilitation and CQI approaches to improve team relationships and diabetes care versus usual care group |
ABC study (Parchman) [29] | 40 primary care clinics in South Texas | One-year practice facilitation to improve relationships and diabetes outcomes |
Supporting Colorectal Cancer Outcomes through Participatory Enhancements (SCOPE, Nutting and Crabtree) [5] | 23 primary care practices in New Jersey | Six-month practice facilitation/learning collaboratives to improve screening rates |
CONNECT (Anderson) [30] | Eight community and VA nursing homes (four interventions, four controls) | Improve information sharing across disciplines coupled with standard falls prevention intervention |