Reduction in Clinical Variance Using Targeted Design Changes in Computerized Provider Order Entry Order (CPOE) Sets

Asthma Exacerbation Clinical Trial

Official title: Reduction in Clinical Variance Using Targeted Design Changes in Computerized Provider Order Entry Order (CPOE) Sets

Status Completed

Clinical Trial 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.

Clinical Trial 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

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Asthma Exacerbation

• NCT number: NCT00952471
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Children's Research Institute
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: September 2004
• Completion date: December 2006