Clinical and economic results from a randomized trial of clinical decision support in a rural health network.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
BACKGROUND: Replication studies evaluate technologies in usual use settings. METHODS: We conducted a clinical trial to determine whether reductions in clinical and economic results observed in a previous study could be replicated in a larger setting. Subjects were randomized to receive intervention (email notifications for sentinel health events sent to their care managers) or control. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome was the rate of emergency department visits for low severity conditions. Secondary outcomes included: medical costs and other clinical event rates. RESULTS: We randomized 13,454 individuals (intervention, 6740; control, 6714). Subjects in both groups had similar rates of clinical events and medical costs. CONCLUSION: The use of email notifications to care managers was associated with no reductions in clinical events or medical costs.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Eisenstein, EL; Kawamoto, K; Anstrom, KJ; Willis, JM; Silvey, GM; Johnson, FS; Edwards, R; Mise, J; Yaggy, SD; Lobach, DF
Published Date
- 2011
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 164 /
Start / End Page
- 77 - 81
PubMed ID
- 21335691
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0926-9630
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- Netherlands