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Electronic Medical Records to Increase Adherence to the Choosing Wisely Recommendations

NCT05385445 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 239

Last updated 2022-05-23

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Summary

Audit and Feedback (A\&F), a strategy aimed at promoting modified practice through performance feedback, is a method to change provider behaviour and reduce unnecessary medical services. This study aims to assess the use of A\&F to change:

1. antibiotic prescribing for viral infections
2. antipsychotic prescribing to patients with dementia
3. routine measure of vitamin D in low risk adults
4. annual screening blood tests (without direct indication by the risk profile of the patient)

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Audit and Feedback

The investigators conducted a clustered randomized trial of primary care providers in Manitoba, Canada participating in the Manitoba Primary Care Research Network (MaPCReN) to assess the impact of Audit \& Feedback interventions to change prescribing and laboratory ordering.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Manitoba Medical Service Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Manitoba

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-01
Primary Completion
2017-01-01
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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