NCT01590290

Randomized Controlled Cluster Trial of Resident Pay for Performance and Cardiovascular Outcomes

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Virginia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a pay for performance model in contrast to the traditional "fee for service" model may improve the number of patients discharged being treated in accordance with Joint Commission on Health Care JCAHO (a non-for profit organization that accredits health care organizations) standards and standard of care for management of hyperlipidemia In this study the investigators will evaluate these two models by training resident physicians (doctors in training) on JCAHO core measures and specific criteria related to accepted standard of care for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. The physicians will be randomized to a pay for performance or a fee for service model. Then a medical record review will be performed on patient records that received a discharge diagnosis of myocardial infarction or heart failure and were cared for by the physician subjects

Conditions

• Myocardial Infarction
• Heart Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	financial compensation	financial monetary reimbursement

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-04-01
• Primary completion: 2013-04-01
• First posted: 2012-05-02
• Last updated: 2012-05-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States