Education and Feedback Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Transthoracic Echocardiograms

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Conditions studied: Inappropriate and Appropriate Transthoracic Echocardiograms

In brief

The utilization of transthoracic echocardiography in the United States has been increasing. This has resulted in increased costs to the healthcare system. In an effort to curb excessive utilization of this technology, the American College of Cardiology created Appropriate Use Criteria to help guide clinicians to use this diagnostic imaging modality more appropriately. The investigators previously showed that an educational intervention can reduce the rate of inappropriate echocardiograms ordered by physicians-in-training. It is unknown if such an intervention would be successful in attending, staff level of physicians. The investigators hypothesize that an educational and feedback intervention will reduce the rate of inappropriate outpatient transthoracic echocardiograms ordered by staff cardiologists and internal medicine physicians.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01968642

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

150

Starts

2013-11-01

Expected to finish

2014-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-02-11

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Cardiology Attending physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Primary care physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital

You may not qualify if…

• Physicians-in-training

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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