Quality Improvement and Practice Based Research in Neurology Using the EMR

Launched by ENDEAVOR HEALTH · Jan 29, 2016

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ClinConnect Summary

The goals of the proposed research are to advance quality improvement and practice based research in Neurology using the electronic medical record (EMR). The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has published evidence-based guidelines, quality improvement measures, and resources for several neurological disorders. However, the AAN guidelines and measures have not been implemented routinely and benchmark data are lacking. There are few EMR tools available to standardize neurology office visits according to Best Practices, to provide alerts when neurological care is deviating from AAN guidelin...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosis of brain tumors, epilepsy, migraine, mild cognitive impairment (concussion), mild traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, neuropathy, Parkinson's disease, restless legs syndrome, and stroke.
• • Eligible to receive any of the three compared treatments according to FDA approval for the indication or off label use according to standard of care.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • -- None