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Effect of Targeted Interventions to Improve Value Based Health Care for Inpatient Cardiology Patients

NCT03173157 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 183

Last updated 2018-08-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators hypothesize that a combined didactic and data feedback program presenting evidence based indications and in-hospital-charges for echocardiograms to inpatient cardiology team members will lead to increased health care value for patients on inpatient cardiology teams.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Value Feedback Email

a biweekly email to three house staff-run cardiology services at VUMC presenting the in-hospital charges and appropriate use of echocardiography. A weekly email will also be sent to the intervention services detailing their team's in-hospital charges for echocardiograms during the preceeding week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-02-27
Primary Completion
2017-11-01
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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