Improving Safety by Basic Computerizing Outpatient Prescribing

Indiana University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Adverse Drug Events

Treatments: Other: Basic Clinical Decision Support; Other: Routine Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01091038

0008-44

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will measure the effect of basic clinical decision support on medical errors and adverse drug events in the ambulatory setting.

Enrollment: 228 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• provider practicing at sites implementing order entry with basic clinical decision support using either the longitudinal medical record (LMR) or Medical Gopher

Exclusion criteria

• provider or practice unwilling to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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228 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Routine Care

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Usual care of patients in the ambulatory setting

Treatment:

Other: Routine Care

Basic Clinical Decision Support

Experimental group

Description:

Providers use basic clinical decision support

Treatment:

Other: Basic Clinical Decision Support