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Reducing Burnout among VA PCPs Using Evidence-Based Quality Improvement

US · IL Department of Veterans Affairs grant awarded #nih-5IK2HX003534-03

Summary

This project aims to use evidence-based quality improvement (EBQI) to develop and pilot test tailored interventions to reduce burnout among primary care providers and staff within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system.

What they want

The project involves three specific aims: 1) Understand facility- and clinic-level drivers of burnout in VA primary care through surveys and interviews; 2) Develop burnout reduction interventions using an EBQI approach, integrating identified drivers and intervention activities, and utilizing stakeholder panels, quality improvement training, formative feedback, and practice facilitation; and 3) Evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of the pilot EBQI-facilitated burnout reduction interventions in a stepped wedge design among five VA medical centers and community-based outpatient clinics in VISN 22, including identifying intervention barriers and facilitators through interviews. Future steps include preparing and submitting IIRs for a national organizational survey and a larger multi-site cluster randomized controlled trial.
Deliverables
  • Identification of facility- and clinic-level drivers of burnout in VA primary care
  • Development of locally-tailored, EBQI-facilitated burnout reduction interventions
  • Pilot evaluation of the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of interventions
  • Identification of intervention barriers and facilitators
  • Preparation and submission of IIRs for a national organizational survey (Years 3 and 5)
  • Preparation and submission of IIRs for a larger multi-site cluster randomized controlled trial (Years 3 and 5)
  • Sharing findings with national and local stakeholders
Technical requirements
  • Evidence-Based Quality Improvement (EBQI) approach
  • Surveys and interviews for data collection
  • Stakeholder-engaged priority setting processes
  • Quality improvement training
  • Formative feedback mechanisms
  • Practice facilitation
  • Pilot stepped wedge design for evaluation

Market context

inferred from NAICS
Professional, Scientific & Technical Services
NAICS 541720
US market size
$2.0T
Typical award
$25K – $50M
Typical buyers
All federal civilianDoDStates
Commonly required
8(a)WOSBSDVOSBPE/PMP

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