The Impact of Charge Displays on Inpatient Laboratory Test Ordering

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Health Behavior Behavior

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

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).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Not applicable

Exclusion criteria

Not applicable

Treatment and study plan

Displaying medicare fee data

Other

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.

Primary outcomes

The ratio of tests ordered per patient-day

Time frame: 12 months

Number of tests ordered

Secondary outcomes

The total associated fees of tests ordered per patient-day

Time frame: 12 months

Associated costs of test

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Pennsylvania

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2015
Primary completion: 2016
Study completion: 2016
First posted: Feb 4, 2015
Registry last updated: May 4, 2017

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