Reduction in Clinical Variance Using Targeted Design Changes in Computerized Provider Order Entry Order (CPOE) Sets

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Asthma Exacerbation

In brief

Selective redesign of order sets using different ways to frame the order and physician decision-making in a computerized provider order entry system could increase adherence to evidence-based care and reduce population-specific variance.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00952471

Run by

Brian Jacobs

People needed

458

Starts

2004-09-01

Expected to finish

2006-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-05-21

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients admitted using an acute asthma exacerbation order set.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who did not have either an admission or discharge diagnosis of asthma exacerbation.
• In addition, patients admitted to the intensive care unit directly or transferred to the intensive care unit within 24-hours were excluded from analysis.
• Finally, patients were excluded from analysis if asthma was not the presenting problem.

Where it is running

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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