Influenza
Conditions
Keywords
influenza, vaccine, clinical decision support
Brief summary
Childhood influenza coverage rates are far below rates for the other childhood vaccinations. Increasing influenza vaccine coverage rates is important not only for the health of the child, but for that of the child's household and community. Yet,influenza vaccine delivery rates at pediatric clinics are low, even when the vaccine is available. The proposed project will take advantage of existing health information technology to tailor, implement and evaluate influenza vaccine alerts in the electronic health record (EHR) for pediatric providers to help improve health care decision making.
Interventions
OTHERProvider Alert
Provider influenza vaccine alert
Sponsors
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Columbia University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Months to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Medical (medical doctor/nurse practitioner (MD/NP)) or nursing providers (registered nurse, licensed practical nurse (RN/LPN)) at participating practices * Parents of a child 6 months - 18 years who is a patient at one of the participating ACN practice * Parents fluent in English or Spanish * Children 6 months- 18 years with visit to participating practice during influenza season
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| influenza vaccination | September through March 2011-2012 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Documentation of reason for vaccine refusal | Sept 2011-March 2012 |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed