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Behavioral Intervention

Photo in Banner for Medical Mistakes

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Waitlist Available

Led By Jason Adelman, MD,MS

Research Sponsored by Columbia University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 2.5 years

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test whether displaying patient photographs in electronic health record systems prevents wrong-patient order errors.

Eligible Conditions

Medical Mistakes
Electronic Medical Records

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 2.5 years

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~2.5 years

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 2.5 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Frequency of order sessions with at least one Retract-and-Reorder (RAR) event as identified by the Wrong-Patient Retract-and-Reorder (RAR) measure.

Trial Design

4Treatment groups

Active Control

Group I: No PhotoActive Control1 Intervention

No patient photographs displayed in the electronic health record.

Group II: Photo in BannerActive Control1 Intervention

Patient photo displayed in the banner (at the top of the screen).

Group III: Photo in Banner and Verification AlertActive Control1 Intervention

Patient photograph displayed in the banner (at the top of the screen) AND patient photo displayed in a verification alert when placing electronic orders.

Group IV: Photo in Verification AlertActive Control1 Intervention

Patient photo displayed in a patient ID verification alert when placing electronic orders in the electronic health record.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Columbia UniversityLead Sponsor

1,431 Previous Clinical Trials

2,440,563 Total Patients Enrolled

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)FED

399 Previous Clinical Trials

6,802,080 Total Patients Enrolled

Jason Adelman, MD,MSPrincipal InvestigatorColumbia University

Frequently Asked Questions

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To what extent is this experiment being conducted with participants?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov reveals that the study, which was publicly posted on September 1st 2018, is currently recruiting participants. Around 20268 individuals will be recruited from 3 different healthcare facilities."

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Are there still openings for participation in this experiment?

"Affirmative, the information on clinicaltrials.gov confirms that this medical experiment is presently enlisting patients. It was initially published on September 1st 2018 and most recently revised on August 12th 2021. The trial requires 20268 individuals from 3 different research centres to take part in it."

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Recent research and studies

Journal of the American Medical Informatics AssociationJournal

Understanding and Preventing Wrong-patient Electronic Orders: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Adelman, Jason S, Gary E Kalkut, Clyde B Schechter, Jeffrey M Weiss, Matthew A Berger, Stan H Reissman, Hillel W Cohen, Stephen J Lorenzen, Daniel A Burack, and William N Southern. 2013. “Understanding and Preventing Wrong-patient Electronic Orders: A Randomized Controlled Trial”. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Oxford University Press (OUP). doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001055.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Evaluating the Impact of Patient Photographs for Preventing Wrong-Patient Errors

2018. "Evaluating the Impact of Patient Photographs for Preventing Wrong-Patient Errors". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03626766.