Use of Electronic Health Records for Addressing Overweight and Obesity in Primary Care

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

Treatments: Other: Obesity tools in the electronic health record

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01480466

K01HS019789

Details and patient eligibility

About

Overweight and obesity are highly significant clinical and public health issues, affecting more than two-thirds of adults in this country; however, primary care clinicians often do not document overweight or obesity or discuss weight management with their patients. The objectives of the proposed research are to develop and evaluate a set of tools within electronic health records (EHRs) to assist primary care clinicians with the diagnosis and treatment of overweight and obesity and to help patients manage their weight.

Enrollment: 65,278 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All adult patients (ages >= 20 years) who have a visit at a primary care practice at Brigham and Women's Hospital during the intervention period

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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65,278 participants in 2 patient groups

Obesity tools in electronic health record

Experimental group

Description:

This arm will consist of a new set of tools within the electronic health record to help primary care clinicians address overweight and obesity with their patients.

Treatment:

Other: Obesity tools in the electronic health record

Standard care

No Intervention group

Description:

This arm is standard care for overweight/obesity.