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Table 5 Clinic characteristicsa

From: Design and study protocol for a cluster randomized trial of a multi-faceted implementation strategy to increase the uptake of the USPSTF hypertension screening recommendations: the EMBRACE study

Clinic characteristics

Clinic A

Clinic B

Pair 1

Name

Farrell Community Health Center

Irving Sherwood Wright Center on Aging

 Affiliate

Columbia

Cornell

  Patient population

All ages

Older adults

  Adult patient visits/year

21,000

9,800

 Number of clinicians (training)

26 (8 family medicine, 18 housestaff)

21 (16 geriatrics, 1 NP, 4 fellows)

 Trainees present

Yes

Yes

Pair 2

 Name

Rangel Community Health Center

Broadway Practice

 Affiliate

Columbia

Columbia

 Patient population

All ages

All ages

 Adult patient visits/year

4800

7,000

 Number of clinicians (training)

3 (3 internal medicine)

4 (3 internal medicine, 1 NP)

Trainees present

No

No

Pair 3

 Name

Washington Heights Family Health Center

Cornell Internal Medicine Associates Wright Center

 Affiliate

Columbia

Cornell

 Patient population

Adults

Adults

 Adult patient visits/year

11,000

6000

 Number of clinicians (training)

23 (7 internal medicine, 3 NP, 13 housestaff)

16 (3 internal medicine, 1 NP, 12 housestaff)

 Trainees present

Yes

Yes

Pair 4

Name

Comprehensive Health Program

Center for Special Studies

Affiliate

Columbia

Cornell

 Patient population

People living with HIV

People living with HIV

 Adult patient visits/year

7000

13,000

 Number of clinicians (training)

32 (20 HIV, 7 fellows, 5 NPs)

13 (7 HIV, 5 fellows, 1 housestaff)

 Trainees present

Yes

Yes

  1. aTo maintain blinding, clinic A and clinic B represent either intervention or control clinics
  2. HIV human immunodeficiency virus, NP nurse practitioner