The Impact of Charge Displays on Inpatient Laboratory Test Ordering
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Behavior
- Interventions
- Other: Displaying medicare fee data
- Registration Number
- NCT02355496
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
- Brief Summary
This is a clinical trial to evaluate the impact of presenting medicare fee data for inpatient laboratory tests in the electronic health record on provider ordering behavior at a tertiary care hospital.
- Detailed Description
This study is a clinical trial to determine the impact on inpatient laboratory test ordering of presenting providers with medicare fee data at the time of order entry. We will randomly assign 60 laboratory tests to an active arm (medicare fee data displayed) or to a control arm (medicare fee data not displayed). The primary outcome will be the change in the ratio of tests ordered per patient day over 12 months by study group (intervention vs. control).
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 98529
Inclusion Criteria
- Not applicable
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Exclusion Criteria
- Not applicable
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Displaying medicare fee data Displaying medicare fee data The active arm is the intervention group of randomly selected inpatient laboratory tests (about 15 most frequently ordered and about 15 most expensive) that will have medicare fee data displayed in the computerized provider order entry system.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The ratio of tests ordered per patient-day 12 months Number of tests ordered
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The total associated fees of tests ordered per patient-day 12 months Associated costs of test