Impact of a Primary Care CKD Registry in a US Public Safety-Net Health Care Delivery System: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) do not receive guideline-concordant care. We examined the impact of a team-based primary care CKD registry on clinical measures and processes of care among patients with CKD cared for in a public safety-net health care delivery system.

Study design

Pragmatic trial of a CKD registry versus a usual-care registry for 1 year.

Setting & participants

Primary care providers (PCPs) and their patients with CKD in a safety-net primary care setting in San Francisco.

Intervention

The CKD registry identified at point of care all patients with CKD, those with blood pressure (BP)>140/90mmHg, those without angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) prescription, and those withou

SUBMITTER: Tuot DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6057801 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature