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Electronic Tools to Increase Recognition and Improve Primary Care Management for Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Intervention and Control for Chronic Kidney Diseases and Hypertension. Completed, enrolled 2,026 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
In this project the investigators will create computer reminders through user-centered design and will validate the logic using retrospective electronic health record (EHR) data. Then the investigators will test the reminders in primary care clinics to see if they improve treatment of high blood pressure in early chronic kidney disease. Hypothesis: The mean systolic blood pressure of the chronic kidney disease (CKD) population can be decreased by an intervention with three innovative features: 1) methods to synthesize EHR data in order to identify under-diagnosed chronic conditions, 2) iterative improvement in clinical decision support (CDS) content through human factors methods to maximize the "informativeness" of the CDS, and 3) the use of behavioral economic principles to create behavioral "nudges" internal and external to the CDS.
Study Details
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Interventions
The intervention will be a clinical decision support (CDS) system that contains three main features: 1) methods to synthesize electronic health record (EHR) data in order to identify under-diagnosed chronic conditions (synthesize existing medical data to increase recognition of CKD and uncontrolled HTN in CKD patients and deliver management recommendations based on this evidence), 2) improve the design and content of the CDS using human factors methods, specifically usability testing, and 3) the use of two behavioral "nudges" (pre-checked default orders and an email to obtain commitment from PCPs to obtain their commitment to follow the CDS recommendations).
Usual Care, PCP will receive an email with general information about CKD guidelines