A nutrition-focused QIP will be implemented with a primary assessment of QIP feasibility, patient health and economic outcomes as well as patient and provider experience data. A 2-phased QIP study group will be prospectively enrolled from outpatient clinics affiliated with the USC health system and compared with historical and concurrent control groups.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,800
Keck Medical Center of USC, Internal Medicine and Family Medicine Clinics
Los Angeles, California, United States
Pasadena - USC Healthcare Center
Pasadena, California, United States
Health Resource Utilization
Number of visits
Time frame: Enrollment to 90 days
Change in Medication Usage
Obtained from EMR
Time frame: Enrollment to 90 days
Quality of Life (QOL) SF-12
Patient reported (QOL) questionnaire
Time frame: Enrollment to 90 days
Satisfaction with Nutritional Care including screening, education and oral nutrition supplementation recommendations and follow up.
QIP patient completed 5-point Likert scale
Time frame: Enrollment to 90 days
Nutrition Care Program Health Care Professionals (HCPs) Survey
11, 5-point Likert scale questions, scaled in the positive direction; 9 program description questions
Time frame: 90 days
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