Clinical Reminders in Test Reports to Improve Guideline Compliance

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01792544

Enrollment

1706

Registered

2013-02-15

Start date

2011-07-31

Completion date

2015-07-31

Last updated

2016-04-28

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Conditions

Echocardiography

Brief summary

This study examines the impact of adding a statement to the echocardiography report that advises anyone reading the report regarding if and when a follow-up study is recommended.

Interventions

OTHERStatement

OTHERNo Statement

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

TRIPLE (Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All patients undergoing echocardiography where the physician creating the report feels a comment is appropriate regarding when follow-up should or should not occur.

Exclusion criteria

None.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Inappropriate follow-up	1 year	Performance of a follow-up echocardiogram when it was not indicated or not performing for a follow-up echocardiogram when it was indicated.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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