Status:

COMPLETED

Optimizing Electronic Health Record Prompts With Behavioral Economics to Improve Prescribing for Older Adults

Lead Sponsor:

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Atrius Health

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Conditions:

Aging

Benzodiazepine Sedative Adverse Reaction

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Prescribing of potentially unsafe medications for older adults is extremely common; benzodiazepines and sedative hypnotics are, for example, key drug classes frequently implicated in adverse health co...

Detailed Description

This is an adaptive cluster randomized control trial (RCT) to evaluate whether newly designed EHR-based tools designed using behavioral principles reduce inappropriate prescribing and adverse outcomes...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Primary care provider at Atrius Health
  • Providers will receive these EHR tools for their patients who meet the following criteria:
  • older adults (aged 65 years or more)
  • who have been prescribed at least 90 pills of benzodiazepine or sedative hypnotic in the last 180 days.

Exclusion

  • NA

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 13 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

216 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04284553

Start Date

October 13 2020

End Date

August 31 2022

Last Update

November 7 2024

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Atrius Health

Braintree, Massachusetts, United States, 02184