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PECARN Emergency Care Registry

Improving the Quality of Pediatric Emergency Care Using an Electronic Medical Record Registry and Clinician Feedback

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01657344
Enrollment
2019461
Registered
2012-08-06
Start date
2012-01-31
Completion date
2017-07-20
Last updated
2019-10-21

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Pediatric Emergency Care

Brief summary

The objectives of this study are to: develop an emergency care visit registry for pediatric patients for Quality Improvement purposes and to support future research; to use the emergency care visit registry to collect stakeholder-prioritized emergency care performance improvement measures for important pediatric medical and trauma conditions; and report emergency care performance improvement measures.

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
CollaboratorFED
Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Registry Network (PECARN)
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* All patients (0-18) who registered in the ED

Exclusion criteria

* Greater than 18 years of age for ED patients

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The Number of Visits Obtained From Electronic Health Record Data From the SitesJanuary 2012 - June 2016The number of visits obtained from electronic health record data from the sites

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

All participating sites' IRBs have granted a waiver of informed consent and assent for this study. In addition, all participating sites' IRBs have a granted a waiver of written authorization for HIPAA. Patients will not be approached for recruitment.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Patients Visits to the Emergency Department
There are no arms for this study. We are collecting all electronic patient data for all patients that present to the Emergency Department. Quality performance measures are constructed directly from the data in the registry.
2,019,461
Total2,019,461

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicPatients Visits to the Emergency Department
Age, Customized
CCHMC Base ED
5.6 years
Age, Customized
CCHMC Satellite ED
5.6 years
Age, Customized
CHOP Base ED
4.9 years
Age, Customized
CNMC Base ED
4.8 years
Age, Customized
CNMC Satellite ED
4.4 years
Age, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Base ED
5.6 years
Age, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Satellite ED
4.8 years
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Base ED
American Indian/Alaskan Native
255 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Base ED
Asian/Pacific Islander
2632 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Base ED
Black
174845 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Base ED
Missing
224 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Base ED
Other
43551 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Base ED
Unknown
7191 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Base ED
White
181269 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Satellite ED
American Indian/Alaskan Native
170 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Satellite ED
Asian/Pacific Islander
2597 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Satellite ED
Black
24745 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Satellite ED
Missing
76 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Satellite ED
Other
31795 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Satellite ED
Unknown
3936 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CCHMC Satellite ED
White
132981 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CHOP Base ED
American Indian/Alaskan Native
259 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CHOP Base ED
Asian/Pacific Islander
13411 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CHOP Base ED
Black
257886 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CHOP Base ED
Missing
1393 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CHOP Base ED
Other
46347 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CHOP Base ED
Unknown
221 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CHOP Base ED
White
102105 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Base ED
American Indian/Alaskan Native
414 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Base ED
Asian/Pacific Islander
4142 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Base ED
Black
225581 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Base ED
Missing
3362 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Base ED
Other
49335 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Base ED
Unknown
59908 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Base ED
White
33775 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Satellite ED
American Indian/Alaskan Native
37 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Satellite ED
Asian/Pacific Islander
93 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Satellite ED
Black
153787 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Satellite ED
Missing
423 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Satellite ED
Other
1567 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Satellite ED
Unknown
1316 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
CNMC Satellite ED
White
579 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Base ED
American Indian/Alaskan Native
1334 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Base ED
Asian/Pacific Islander
9473 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Base ED
Black
52847 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Base ED
Missing
145 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Base ED
Other
86204 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Base ED
Unknown
7597 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Base ED
White
158877 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Satellite ED
American Indian/Alaskan Native
507 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Satellite ED
Asian/Pacific Islander
2308 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Satellite ED
Black
1056 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Satellite ED
Missing
15 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Satellite ED
Other
33179 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Satellite ED
Unknown
12996 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Satellite ED
White
90715 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CCHMC Base ED
Female
200281 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CCHMC Base ED
Male
209672 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CCHMC Base ED
Missing
14 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CCHMC Satellite ED
Female
94879 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CCHMC Satellite ED
Male
101416 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CCHMC Satellite ED
Missing
5 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CHOP Base ED
Female
199620 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CHOP Base ED
Male
221993 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CHOP Base ED
Missing
9 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CNMC Base ED
Female
177254 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CNMC Base ED
Male
199263 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CNMC Base ED
Missing
0 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CNMC Satellite ED
Female
76526 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CNMC Satellite ED
Male
81276 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
CNMC Satellite ED
Missing
0 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Base ED
Female
151354 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Base ED
Male
165119 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Base ED
Missing
4 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Satellite ED
Female
66164 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Satellite ED
Male
74610 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
The Children's Hospital Colorado Satellite ED
Missing
2 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 2,019,461
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 2,019,461
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 2,019,461

Outcome results

Primary

The Number of Visits Obtained From Electronic Health Record Data From the Sites

The number of visits obtained from electronic health record data from the sites

Time frame: January 2012 - June 2016

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
CHOP Base Emergency Department (ED)The Number of Visits Obtained From Electronic Health Record Data From the Sites421622 number of visits
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) Base EDThe Number of Visits Obtained From Electronic Health Record Data From the Sites409967 number of visits
CCHMC Satellite EDThe Number of Visits Obtained From Electronic Health Record Data From the Sites196300 number of visits
Children's National Medical Center (CNMC) Base EDThe Number of Visits Obtained From Electronic Health Record Data From the Sites376517 number of visits
CNMC Satellite EDThe Number of Visits Obtained From Electronic Health Record Data From the Sites157802 number of visits
The Children's Hospital Colorado Base EDThe Number of Visits Obtained From Electronic Health Record Data From the Sites316477 number of visits
The Children's Hospital Colorado Satellite EDThe Number of Visits Obtained From Electronic Health Record Data From the Sites140776 number of visits

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026