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Rehabilitation Team Functioning and Patient Outcomes
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Information feedback for Stroke. Completed, enrolled 31 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of the study is to determine if 1. Rehabilitation staff can be trained to work better together as a team; and 2. Better team work improves patient outcomes.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The experimental arm consisted of a six month staff training period. The core of the intervention consisted of a concentrated 2.5 day workshop in Atlanta for 29 rehabilitation team leaders from 15 VA hospitals. Several weeks after the workshop, participants received a custom action plan developed on issues discussed in the workshop. The experimental arm also received a summary of results of the initial survey along with comparative data from all other sites. During the subsequent 5 months after the workshop, research staff maintained regular contact with research participants through telephone and videoconferencing. The comparison arm (staff on 16 teams) completed the identical summary of staff, hospital, and team characteristics. The local PIs at the Comparison sites received summaries of the survey findings, comparative data from other participating VA sites, and suggestions on how this information could be used to improve patient outcomes.
The comparison arm (staff on 16 teams) completed the identical summary of staff, hospital, and team characteristics. The local PIs at the Comparison sites received summaries of the survey findings, comparative data from other participating VA sites, and suggestions on how this information could be used to improve patient outcomes. In addition, participants in the comparison arm were invited to contact the research staff for help in interpreting data or to set-up a process improvement initiative.