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Effects of Performance Feedback on Imaging Use in the Emergency Department

NCT02283086 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2014-11-05

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Summary

DESIGN: An IRB-approved, HIPAA-compliant prospective randomized controlled trial conducted from January 1, 2012-December 31, 2013.

SETTING: The ED of an urban Level-I adult trauma center with existing CDS for CTPE.

PARTICIPANTS: All attending physicians were stratified into quartiles by 2012 CTPE use and randomized to receive feedback reporting or not.

INTERVENTION: Quarterly performance feedback reports consisting of individual and anonymized group data on EBG adherence (using the Wells criteria), CTPE use (CTPEs per 1,000 patients), and yield (percentage of CTPEs positive for PE) beginning January 2013.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physician Feedback Reporting

The performance feedback reports displayed both individual physicians' statistics as well as their performance compared to anonymized results for the entire group of emergency physicians.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ramin Khorasani, MD · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2013-12-31

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