An Automatic Notification System for Test Results Finalized After Discharge

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Test Result Management

In brief

Specific Aims: (Study #1, funded by AHRQ, completed May 2011) 1. To create an automatic notification system to prompt physicians of test results finalized after discharge. 2. To evaluate the impact of this system on physician awareness of test results finalized after discharge. Hypothesis: Automatic email notification will improve physician awareness of test results finalized after discharge compared to usual care. Specific Aims: (Study #2, funded by CRICO, completed July 2012) 1. To identify a cohort of discharged patients with potentially actionable results of tests pending at discharge (TPAD). 2. To determine if automated email notification of the finalized results of potentially actionable TPADs affects the rate of post-discharge actions taken as documented in the electronic medical record (EMR). Hypothesis: Automated email notification of the finalized results of potentially actionable TPADs increases the rate of actions taken post-discharge.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01153451

Run by

Brigham and Women's Hospital

People needed

441

Starts

2010-10-01

Expected to finish

2012-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-06-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Any patient discharged from selected services at BWH whose inpatient attending and primary care provider are in the same arm of the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Any patient discharged from selected services at BWH whose inpatient attending and primary care provider are in discordant arms of the study.

Where it is running

• Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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