Reducing High-Risk Geriatric Polypharmacy Via EHR Nudges: Pilot Phase

Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Fall, Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Kidney Failure, Adverse Drug Event

In brief

Polypharmacy is common among older adults in the United States and is associated with harms such as adverse drug reactions and higher costs of care. This pilot-phase project is designed to test two electronic health record (EHR)-based behavioral economic nudges to help primary care clinicians reduce the rate of high-risk polypharmacy among their older adult patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03791580

Run by

RAND

People needed

0

Starts

2019-02-01

Expected to finish

2019-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-19

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Primary care clinicians practicing in one of the participating Northwestern-affiliated practices

You may not qualify if…

• none

Where it is running

• Northwestern Medicine — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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