Improving Childhood Immunization

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Improve Childhood Immunization Rates
• Interventions: Other: Trigger alerts; Other: Provider bulletins

• Registration Number: NCT01794286
• Lead Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University

Brief Summary

Specific Aim: To improve childhood immunization rates by utilizing automated Electronic Health Record-derived provider-specific performance feedback reports, coupled with automated Electronic Health Record-derived trigger alerts.

Hypothesis: The automated Electronic Health Record-derived provider-specific performance feedback reports will result in a 50% decrease in unimmunized children ages 0-13 years of age, when coupled with automated Electronic Health Record-derived trigger alerts, compared with trigger alerts alone.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-01
• Primary Completion: 2011-09
• Study Completion: 2011-09
• Status Verified: 2013-02
• Study First Submitted: 2013-02-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-02-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-02-15
• Study First Posted: 2013-02-18
• Last Update Posted: 2013-02-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 107

Inclusion Criteria

• all pediatric resident providers in Harriet Lane Clinic at Johns Hopkins University

Exclusion Criteria

• none

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control Group	Trigger alerts	Trigger alerts only
Intervention Group	Provider bulletins	Trigger alerts + provider bulletins
Intervention Group	Trigger alerts	Trigger alerts + provider bulletins

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Receipt of missing immunization	Time to event analyses, with events measured across 7 quarters (21 months)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Harriet Lane Clinic; 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States