Clinical Reminders in Test Reports to Improve Guideline Compliance

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Echocardiography
• Interventions: Other: Statement; Other: No Statement

• Registration Number: NCT01792544
• Lead Sponsor: VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Brief Summary

This study examines the impact of adding a statement to the echocardiography report that advises anyone reading the report regarding if and when a follow-up study is recommended.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-07
• Study First Submitted: 2013-02-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-02-12
• Study First Posted: 2013-02-15
• Primary Completion: 2013-11
• Study Completion: 2015-07
• Status Verified: 2016-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-04-26
• Last Update Posted: 2016-04-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1706

Inclusion Criteria

All patients undergoing echocardiography where the physician creating the report feels a comment is appropriate regarding when follow-up should or should not occur.

Exclusion Criteria

None.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Statement	Statement	A statement is added to the echocardiography report describing if and when a follow-up echocardiogram is recommended. The statement may be positive (e.g. follow-up recommended in 6 months) or negative (e.g. no follow-up recommended).
No Statement	No Statement	No statement is added to the echocardiography report

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Inappropriate follow-up	1 year	Performance of a follow-up echocardiogram when it was not indicated or not performing for a follow-up echocardiogram when it was indicated.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

VA Palo Alto HCS; 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States