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Effectiveness of an Automated Falls-Risk Screening and Referral Tool in the Emergency Department (ED)

NCT05810064 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 30000

Last updated 2026-02-17

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Summary

The purpose of this retrospective cohort study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an EHR-based clinical decision support system (CDS) for automatically screening older adult ED patients for risk of future falls and providing ED clinicians opportunity to place referrals orders to the UW Health Mobility and Falls Clinic for those at highest risk prior to discharge.

This CDS tool has already been implemented at the UW Hospital ED, and as a QI initiative will be implemented in a staged process at two other UW Health-affiliated emergency departments (The American Center and Swedish American Hospital).

Conditions

  • Falls-Risk

Interventions

OTHER

Falls-Risk Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Tool

CDS in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to screen patients at high-risk for future falls enabling referrals to the UW Health Mobility and Falls clinic.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

    collaborator FED

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brian W Patterson, MD, MPH · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-02-22
Primary Completion
2026-08-31
Completion
2026-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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