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Computer-Supported Management of Medical-Legal Issues Impacting Child Health

NCT01800669 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 582

Last updated 2022-01-25

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Summary

The investigators hypothesize that by adding a patient screening and physician alerting module to a computer-based decision support system, the investigators can improve the detection and management of legal issues that may affect children's health. this randomized controlled trial will place the module in two clinics using the CHICA decision support system and compare the rate of detection and resolution of medical-legal issues in those clinics compared to two clinics using the CHICA system without the medical-legal module.

Conditions

  • Legal Rights
  • Medicolegal Aspects

Interventions

OTHER

CHICA MLP Module

The MLP module screens families for medical-legal issues, alerts the physician to there presences and provides guidance and referral materials to help the physician resolve the issues.

OTHER

CHICA without the MLP module

Clinics in the control group will have the CHICA system, but without the MLP module. It will screen for medical-legal issues but will not provide additional guidance and referrals to help resolve them.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Indiana University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amy L Gilbert, JD, MPH · Indiana University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
24 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-28
Primary Completion
2016-07-31
Completion
2016-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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