A Computerized Asthma Management System in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

The primary goal of this study is that the combination of a computerized asthma reminder system with implementation of an guideline will increase utilization and adherence of guideline-driven care, leading to improved patient outcomes. Hypothesis: An automatic, computerized reminder system for detecting asthma patients in the pediatric ED will increase guideline adherence compared to paper-based guideline. The specific aims of the study are: Aim 1: Develop, implement, and integrate the asthma guideline in the ED information system infrastructure. Aim 2: Evaluate the effect of the asthma detection system combined with the computerized guideline versus the asthma detection system combined with the paper-based guideline.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01070147

Run by

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

People needed

1631

Starts

2010-10-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-07

Last updated by the study team

2018-08-17

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 28. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• all patients aged 2-18 years
• Emergency Severity Index 2 to 5
• availability of completed computerized triage documentation.

You may not qualify if…

• critically ill patients (Emergency Severity Index 1)
• patients who leave-without-being seen
• patients who leave against-medical-advice
• patients whose final diagnosis was not asthma (false positive identification by the detection system) or were determined not to be eligible for the guideline.

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt Children's Hospital — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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