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Evaluating the Efficacy of Different Electronic Medical Record Alerts to Increase Pediatric Lipid Screening Across a Large Integrated Health System
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Best Practice Alert and Health Maintenance Topic for Hypercholesterolemia and 3 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 13,340 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of the study is to evaluate prospectively the impact of different system alerts on the prescription of lipid panels to pediatric Geisinger patients (9-11 years old), as per the now-universal guidelines. This will help quantify the relative effectiveness of different alerts and combinations of alerts on provider prescribing behavior and patient uptake of screening.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
An Epic screen pops up for a provider during an eligible 9-11 year-old patient's visit. A prompt requires that the provider respond, either confirming the prescription of a lipid panel or opting out with an acknowledgment/reason for declining the test.
An Epic health maintenance topic appears for a provider during an eligible 9-11 year-old patient's visit. The HMT will be highlighted for enhanced visibility, until or unless action is taken.