Electronic Medical Record Reminders and Panel Management to Improve Primary Care of Elderly Patients
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The investigators conducted a controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of electronic medical record (EMR) reminders, with or without a panel manager, on completion of health care proxy, osteoporosis screening, and influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations for patients age 65 or older. The investigators hypothesized that EMR reminders would improve adherence to practice guidelines and that benefits would be enhanced with the support of a panel manager.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started May 2009
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
May 1, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 1, 2010
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 1, 2010
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 10, 2011
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 11, 2011
CompletedMarch 14, 2017
March 1, 2017
1 year
March 10, 2011
March 10, 2017
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (4)
a designated health care proxy
A designated health care proxy was defined as a verified proxy documented in the EMR's health care proxy field
12 months after intervention made available
initial bone density scan
The initial bone density scan measure was defined as having either bone density scan ordered or a bone density scan completed
12 months after intervention made available
administration of annual influenza vaccine
Administration of influenza vaccine was defined as vaccine documented as given at any location
12 months after intervention started
administration of pneumococcal vaccine
Administration of pneumococcal vaccine was defined as vaccine documented as given at any location.
12 months after the start of the intervention
Study Arms (3)
EMR reminder
EXPERIMENTALEMR reminder
EMR reminder + Panel management
EXPERIMENTALEMR reminder + Panel manager
Control
NO INTERVENTIONControl
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- All practicing faculty primary care physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center General Medicine \& primary care ambulatory clinic
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
Related Publications (1)
Loo TS, Davis RB, Lipsitz LA, Irish J, Bates CK, Agarwal K, Markson L, Hamel MB. Electronic medical record reminders and panel management to improve primary care of elderly patients. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Sep 26;171(17):1552-8. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.394.
PMID: 21949163DERIVED
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Timothy S Loo, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 10, 2011
First Posted
March 11, 2011
Study Start
May 1, 2009
Primary Completion
May 1, 2010
Study Completion
May 1, 2010
Last Updated
March 14, 2017
Record last verified: 2017-03