The Impact of Charge Displays on Inpatient Laboratory Test Ordering

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

98529 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-04-30

Study Completion Date

2016-04-30

Brief Summary

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This is a clinical trial to evaluate the impact of presenting medicare fee data for inpatient laboratory tests in the electronic health record on provider ordering behavior at a tertiary care hospital.

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Detailed Description

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This study is a clinical trial to determine the impact on inpatient laboratory test ordering of presenting providers with medicare fee data at the time of order entry. We will randomly assign 60 laboratory tests to an active arm (medicare fee data displayed) or to a control arm (medicare fee data not displayed). The primary outcome will be the change in the ratio of tests ordered per patient day over 12 months by study group (intervention vs. control).

Conditions

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Health Behavior

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Displaying medicare fee data

The active arm is the intervention group of randomly selected inpatient laboratory tests (about 15 most frequently ordered and about 15 most expensive) that will have medicare fee data displayed in the computerized provider order entry system.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Displaying medicare fee data

Intervention Type OTHER

Using the computerized order entry system to make medicare fee data for a randomly selected inpatient laboratory tests transparent to providers at the time of order entry.

Control Arm

The control arm is the group of randomly selected inpatient laboratory tests (about 15 most frequently ordered and about 15 most expensive) that will not have medicare fee data displayed.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Displaying medicare fee data

Using the computerized order entry system to make medicare fee data for a randomly selected inpatient laboratory tests transparent to providers at the time of order entry.

Intervention Type OTHER