Electronic Medical Record Reminders and Panel Management to Improve Primary Care of Elderly Patients

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: EMR Reminders to Improve Rates of Recommended Care

Treatments: Other: EMR Reminder + Panel management; Other: EMR Reminder

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01313169

2009P000108

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators conducted a controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of electronic medical record (EMR) reminders, with or without a panel manager, on completion of health care proxy, osteoporosis screening, and influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations for patients age 65 or older. The investigators hypothesized that EMR reminders would improve adherence to practice guidelines and that benefits would be enhanced with the support of a panel manager.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All practicing faculty primary care physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center General Medicine & primary care ambulatory clinic

Exclusion Criteria:

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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54 participants in 3 patient groups

EMR reminder

Experimental group

Description:

EMR reminder

Treatment:

Other: EMR Reminder

EMR reminder + Panel management

Experimental group

Description:

EMR reminder + Panel manager

Treatment:

Other: EMR Reminder + Panel management

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Control