SPIDER: A Research & QI Collaboration Supporting Practices in Improving Care for Complex Elderly Patients

NAEnrolling by invitationINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

104

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 26, 2018

Primary Completion Date

March 31, 2026

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2027

Conditions
PolypharmacyInappropriate PrescribingAgedPrimary Health CareQuality ImprovementElectronic Health Records
Interventions
PROCEDURE

SPIDER

The SPIDER intervention will include a family physician-led inter-professional practice team participating in 3-4 Learning Collaboratives over a period of 12 months, reviewing validated and comparable practice EMR data and working with a QI Coach to develop strategies and implement changes to improve care for elderly patients living with complex care needs and taking ten or more unique medications.

PROCEDURE

Usual Care

Physicians and their teams enrolled in this arm will follow the best scientific evidence available to provide standard care that is in the best interest of their patients.

Trial Locations (9)

T2N 4N1

Southern Alberta Primary Care Research Network (SAPCReN), Calgary

T6G 2T4

Northern Alberta Primary Care Research Network (NAPCReN), Edmonton

V6T 2B5

British Columbia node of the pan-Canadian CPCSSN (BC-CPCSSN), Vancouver

R3E 0T6

Manitoba Primary Care Research Network (MaPCReN), Winnipeg

A1B 3V6

Atlantic Practice Based Research Network (APBRN), St. John's

B3H 2E2

Maritime Family Practice Research Network (MaRNet-FP), Halifax

K1R 7G5

Ottawa Practice Enhancement Network (OPEN ), Ottawa

M5G 1V7

University of Toronto Practice Based Research Network, Toronto

H7M 3L9

Réseau de recherche en soins primaires de l'Université de Montréal (RRSPUM), Laval

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

OTHER_GOV

collaborator

University of Toronto

OTHER

collaborator

North York General Hospital

OTHER

collaborator

College of Family Physicians of Canada

OTHER

collaborator

University of Ottawa

OTHER

collaborator

University of Alberta

OTHER

collaborator

University of Calgary

OTHER

collaborator

University of Manitoba

OTHER

collaborator

Research Manitoba

OTHER

collaborator

Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec

OTHER_GOV

collaborator

Université de Montréal

OTHER

collaborator

Nova Scotia Health Authority

OTHER

collaborator

Dalhousie University

OTHER

collaborator

Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Doctors Nova Scotia

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Memorial University of Newfoundland

OTHER

collaborator

University of British Columbia

OTHER

lead

University of Toronto Practice Based Research Network

OTHER