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Current Research and Demonstration Projects

 Designing Support for Colorectal Screening Decisions

Principal Investigator:  S. Wackerbarth, PhD
Co-Investigators:  J. Joyce, MD, & M. Love, PhD

Funding source:  AHRQ Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity (S. Fleming, M. Love)

A project using information gleaned from interviews with primary care providers and their patients to design and evaluate decision aids that can be used by providers and patients to inform their decisions about the recommendation and actual use of colorectal cancer screening tests. 

         Participatory Development of a Generic Detailing Program with a Primary Care Research Network

Co-Principal Investigators:  J. Costich, JD, PhD & P. Dassow, MD, MSPH
Funding source:  AHRQ Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity (S. Fleming, M. Love)

Preparatory work for a large-scale project that will implement and evaluate the distribution of generic drug samples in primary care practices.  This first project aims to assess KAN clinician members' prescribing behaviors, use of drug samples, their recommendations for the most suitable drug classes for generic samples, and their interest in further participation in the planned project; then to develop specific arrangements for sample acquisition, distribution and monitoring.

 Identification and Management of Familial/Hereditary Cancers in Primary Care: Survey of Primary Care Physicians

Principal Investigator:  K. Kelly, PhD
Co-Investigators:  M. Love, PhD, M. Andrykowski, PhD, & K. Pearce, MD, MPH

Funding source:  National Cancer Institute (NCI) Special Populations Networks

This project will assess knowledge and comfort-level of primary care clinicians in Kentucky with the detection and management of relatively common familial cancer syndromes.

 Enabling Quality Improvement in Primary Care Practice (EQUIP)

Co-Directors:  Kevin Pearce, MD, MPH and Michael King, MD

Funding source(s)  Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians and the UK Dept. of Family and Community Medicine 

Demonstration pilot project that with the goal of developing and testing a sustainable service to help primary care physicians in small practices efficiently improve measurable quality in their practices, and promote quality improvement (QI) research.   The service is based upon modern principles of QI and change facilitation for small organizations.  In addition to direct support from KAN personnel, eight participating practices have access to personalized telephone, email and web-based support for their QI efforts.  The pilot project is focusing on diabetes management.

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