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Improving Pediatric Safety and Quality With Health Care Information Technology

NCT00134823 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5420

Last updated 2011-07-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study includes four projects aimed to improve the quality and safety of pediatric care through the implementation of four clinical decision support services in the electronic health record (EHR). The four projects will measure the effect of each clinical decision support feature including: weight-based dosing; smart forms for chronic conditions; guideline reminders; and a results manager to track abnormal lab result follow-up.

Hypothesis: Implementation of the clinical decision support features will decrease medication errors and adverse drug events, assist physicians in adhering to clinical practice guidelines and protocols for certain chronic illnesses, improve physician follow-up for abnormal lab results, and overall improve the safety and quality of pediatric clinical practice.

Conditions

  • Medication Errors
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized
  • Patient Safety
  • Quality Improvement

Interventions

OTHER

weight based dosing decision support

weight based dosing decision support

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

    collaborator FED

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Timothy G Ferris, MD, MPH · Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners Healthcare System Inc.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-31
Primary Completion
2008-09-30
Completion
2008-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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