Health Behavior
Conditions
Keywords
Cost Control, Data Display, Diagnostic Tests, Routine, Physician's Practice Patterns
Brief summary
This is a clinical trial to evaluate the impact of presenting medicare fee data for inpatient laboratory tests in the electronic health record on provider ordering behavior at a tertiary care hospital.
Detailed description
This study is a clinical trial to determine the impact on inpatient laboratory test ordering of presenting providers with medicare fee data at the time of order entry. We will randomly assign 60 laboratory tests to an active arm (medicare fee data displayed) or to a control arm (medicare fee data not displayed). The primary outcome will be the change in the ratio of tests ordered per patient day over 12 months by study group (intervention vs. control).
Interventions
OTHERDisplaying medicare fee data
Using the computerized order entry system to make medicare fee data for a randomly selected inpatient laboratory tests transparent to providers at the time of order entry.
Sponsors
University of Pennsylvania
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Not applicable
Exclusion criteria
* Not applicable
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The ratio of tests ordered per patient-day | 12 months | Number of tests ordered |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The total associated fees of tests ordered per patient-day | 12 months | Associated costs of test |
Outcome results
None listed