Effect of an Electronic Cognitive Aid Versus Static Cognitive Aid on the Management of a Simulated Crisis

NorthShore University HealthSystem

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cognitive Aids

Treatments: Other: Electronic Cognitive Aid; Other: Static Cognitive Aid

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02440607

EH15-111

Details and patient eligibility

About

Clinical decision support tools with in the electronic medical record can improve clinical care processes. To date, there is little evidence evaluating crisis management with such decision support tools. The investigators aim to create an electronic cognitive aid with embedded decision support to aid clinicians during the management of a crisis. In order to test the effectiveness of this tool, investigators seek to compare the simulated medical management of a crisis (malignant hyperthermia) using a traditional cognitive aid (laminated card) versus a dynamic electronic visual aid with decision support.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• resident physicians training in Anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Non resident anesthesia providers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

Electronic aid

Experimental group

Description:

The dynamic aid will consist of a centralized electronic aid embedded within a simulated EMR.

Treatment:

Other: Electronic Cognitive Aid

Static Cognitive aid

Active Comparator group

Description:

The static aid represents the standard algorithm put forth by a leading clinical care organization.

Treatment:

Other: Static Cognitive Aid