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| Name | Class |
|---|---|
| Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario | OTHER |
| Abbott | INDUSTRY |
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Rheumatologists treating patients with seronegative arthritis will be randomized to treat their patients to a target or to treat their patients under their usual standard of care. All physicians will perform an initial chart audit. Following the initial chart audit, all physicians in the treat-to-target group will receive accredited educational training. Six months after the initial chart audit, all physicians will perform a repeat audit to see if patients are assessed more systematically and treated to a target of low disease state.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| No education or feedback | No Intervention | Rheumatologists randomized to this treatment arm receive no additional education or feedback about their systematic assessments of patients | |
| Education and Feedback | Experimental | Rheumatologists randomized to receive education and feedback participate in six web conferences designed to improve their systematic assessments of their patients, and are given feedback about their performances |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education and Feedback | Behavioral | Rheumatologists are rated on how systematically they assess their patients, and receive six sessions of university accredited education about systematic assessments of patients with seronegative arthritis. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Improvement of Systematic Assessments | Physicians in the Education and Feedback arm are assessed via a needs assessment to identify the care gaps for their patients with inflammatory arthritis. After the education and feedback, they complete a second chart audit and their improvements in assessments is recorded. | November 2012 - November 2013 |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Janet E Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC | Pope Research Corp., St. Joseph's Health Care, Western University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Dr. Vandana Ahluwalia | Brampton | Ontario | Canada | |||
| Dr. Sanjay Dixit |
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| D004522 | Educational Status |
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| D012959 | Socioeconomic Factors |
| D011154 | Population Characteristics |
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| Burlington |
| Ontario |
| L7L 0B7 |
| Canada |
| Dr Pauline Boulos | Hamilton | Ontario | L8N 1Y2 | Canada |
| Dr. Nikhil Chopra | London | Ontario | N6B 2E8 | Canada |
| Dr Angela Montgomery | Mississauga | Ontario | L5B 2P7 | Canada |
| Credit Valley Rheumatology | Mississauga | Ontario | L5M 2V8 | Canada |
| The Medical Centre | Peterborough | Ontario | K9J 7B3 | Canada |
| Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Toronto | Ontario | M4N 3M5 | Canada |
| Dr. Arthur Karasik | Toronto | Ontario | M9C 5N2 | Canada |