Educational Intervention to Reduce Outpatient Inappropriate Transthoracic Echocardiograms

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Conditions studied: Inappropriate Use of Echocardiography

In brief

It is well documented that the proportion of inappropriate transthoracic echocardiograms (TTEs) is highest in the ambulatory environment, where it has been reported as high as 30%. Therefore, the potential to improve TTE utilization may be greatest in the outpatient setting. However, no study to date has evaluated whether an Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC)-based educational intervention can reduce inappropriate TTEs in this setting. The investigators therefore designed the first randomized control trial of an AUC-based educational and feedback intervention aimed at reducing inappropriate outpatient TTEs ordered by cardiology and internal medicine physicians in training.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01944202

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

112

Starts

2012-08-01

Expected to finish

2013-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-09-17

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Cardiovascular Medicine fellows at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Internal Medicine residents at Massachusetts General Hospital

You may not qualify if…

• Attending physicians

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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