A Trial of Point of Care Information in Ambulatory Pediatrics

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

44 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-11-30

Study Completion Date

2003-12-31

Brief Summary

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Does presentation of clinical evidence for decision making at point-of-care improve prescribing patterns in ambulatory pediatrics?

Detailed Description

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We showed previously that an electronic prescription writer and decision support system improved pediatric prescribing behavior for otitis media in an academic clinic setting. This study assessed whether point-of-care evidence delivery could demonstrate similar effects for a wide range of other common pediatric conditions. We performed a randomized controlled trial in a teaching clinic/clinical practice site and a primary care pediatric clinic serving a rural and semi-urban patient mix. There were 36 providers at the teaching clinic/practice site, and 8 providers at the private primary pediatric clinic, and an evidence-based message system presented real time evidence to providers based on prescribing practices for acute otitis media, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, constipation, pharyngitis, croup, urticaria, and bronchiolitis. We measured the proportion of prescriptions dispensed in accordance with evidence.

Conditions

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Acute Otitis Media Allergic Rhinitis Sinusitis Constipation Pharyngitis Croup Urticaria Bronchiolitis

Keywords

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point of care evidence based medicine

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Interventions

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Electronic point-of-care delivery system

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

\-

Minimum Eligible Age

0 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Principal Investigators

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Robert L Davis, MD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Washington

Locations

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Roosevelt Pediatric Clinic

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Skagit Valley Pediatrics

Skagit Valley, Washington, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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HS10516-03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id