Funding: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Investigator: Neuman, MD
Implementation and Evaluation of a Strategy to Improve Pre-Anesthesia Care Discussions - My Anesthesia Choice (MAC) is an implementation study to improve pre-anesthesia care discussions between care providers and patients who are undergoing hip replacement surgery. The objective of this research study is to assess the implementation process for and the effectiveness of a quality improvement (QI) strategy to increase shared decision-making around anesthesia options for hip fracture surgery at 6 US hospitals. The QI strategy is to be facilitated by a clinician-administered 1-page bedside conversation aid designed to improve the quality of physician-patient communication.
The MAC Study, led by Mark Neuman, MD, MSc at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, launched in August 2024. There will be six enrolling hospitals in the study: The University of Pennsylvania, Cleveland Clinic, Dartmouth University, Wake Forest University, Henry Ford, and The University of Florida. The study duration will be 27 months with an estimated total of 3,548 participants and 300 anesthesia clinicians to be enrolled.
The Clinical Research Collaboration Unit (CRCU) provides data management, project management, and research technology services for this project.