Clinical Decision Support (CDS) for Radiology Imaging

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: CT, MR, NM, and PET Image Orders

In brief

The goal of the study is to determine whether clinical decision support (CDS) for radiology affects the number, type, or appropriateness of targeted high-cost radiology imaging orders (i.e. magnetic resonance (MR), computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine (NM) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans). The CDS will be delivered to physicians in the Aurora Health Care system. It will be delivered in Epic, an industry-standard electronic medical record software, through ACR Select, which is a leading decision support tool based on the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria (see http://www.acr.org/Quality-Safety/Appropriateness-Criteria). The ACR Select tool rates imaging orders on a scale of 1-9 with 1-3 labelled as 'usually not appropriate', 4-6 'May be appropriate', and 7-9 'usually appropriate'.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02996045

Run by

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

People needed

3511

Starts

2016-12-15

Expected to finish

2018-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-07-15

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Medical provider actively employed at Aurora with a valid Epic log-in.
• Is a Medical Doctor (MD), Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), podiatrist (DPM), nurse practitioner (NP), physician assistant (PA), or certified nurse midwife (CNM)
• Has imaging order permissions at Aurora Health Care.
• Has at least one high- or low-cost imaging order in the year from November 1, 2015 to November 1, 2016 or is medical resident who joined Aurora since that time.

You may not qualify if…

• Opted out of the study prior to November 24, 2016

Where it is running

• Aurora Health Care — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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