Reduction in Clinical Variance Using Targeted Design Changes in Computerized Provider Order Entry Order (CPOE) Sets
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 458
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Reduced variation from in evidence-based care through integrating evidence into the clinician workflow in the EMR system.
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Selective redesign of order sets using different ways to frame the order and physician decision-making in a computerized provider order entry system could increase adherence to evidence-based care and reduce population-specific variance.
Detailed Description
Variance in ordering of care can be characterized as the lack of uniform use of specific treatments by clinicians for a given medical condition. Unwarranted variance in healthcare has been associated with prolonged length of stay, diminished health and increased cost. Practice variation in the management of asthma can be significant and few investigators have evaluated strategies to reduce this variation. We hypothesized that selective redesign of order sets using different ways to frame the order and physician decision-making in a computerized provider order entry system could increase adherence to evidence-based care and reduce population-specific variance.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Factorial
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •All patients admitted using an acute asthma exacerbation order set.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients who did not have either an admission or discharge diagnosis of asthma exacerbation.
- •In addition, patients admitted to the intensive care unit directly or transferred to the intensive care unit within 24-hours were excluded from analysis.
- •Finally, patients were excluded from analysis if asthma was not the presenting problem.
Arms & Interventions
Baseline Period
Patients in the baseline period were cared for using the standard historical electronic order set.
Post Intervention Period
Patients in the Post intervention period were cared for with evidence-bsed modified order set changes
Intervention: Evidence Based Intervention to order set (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Reduced variation from in evidence-based care through integrating evidence into the clinician workflow in the EMR system.
Time Frame: 2 years
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Brian Jacobs
MD
Children's National Research Institute