Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Acute Respiratory Infection Smart Form

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Respiratory Tract Infections

Treatments: Behavioral: Smart Form

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00235040

R01HS015169-1

R01HS015169 (U.S. AHRQ Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effectiveness of the Acute Respiratory Infection Smart Form

Full description

Specific Aim 1: To design and implement an integrated documentation-based clinical decision support and physician feedback system, provided in an electronic health record (EHR), to improve the management of patients with acute medical conditions.

Hypothesis 1: A documentation-based clinical decision support tool (CDSS) "smart form" physician feedback system, can be designed and implemented to facilitate documentation and physician order-entry, provide individualized, evidence-based recommendations for the management of patients acute respiratory infections (ARIs), and are usable by primary care physicians.

Specific Aim 2: To determine the effectiveness of documentation-based CDSS and physician feedback on documentation and the clinical management of patients respiratory tract infections.

Hypothesis 2A: A documentation-based CDSS "smart form" will increase the documentation of important clinical data in patients with ARI when compared to usual practice.

Hypothesis 2B: A documentation-based CDSS "smart form" will increase adherence with guidelines for the management of patients with ARI when compared to usual practice.

Enrollment: 18,257 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Acute Respiratory Infection visit

Exclusion criteria

Any patients who are not part of a panel of a participating physician

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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18,257 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Other group

Description:

Intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Smart Form

2

No Intervention group

Description:

Control

Treatment:

Behavioral: Smart Form