The Impact of Charge Displays on Inpatient Laboratory Test Ordering

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Behavior

• 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).

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-01-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-02-03
• Study First Posted: 2015-02-04
• Study Start: 2015-04
• Primary Completion: 2016-04
• Study Completion: 2016-04
• Status Verified: 2017-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 2017-05-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 98529

Inclusion Criteria

• Not applicable

Exclusion Criteria

• Not applicable

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

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