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Compensation Incentives to improve Clinical Documentation for Diagnostic Errors

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By David S Burstein, MD MS
Research Sponsored by Rush University Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up change from baseline documentation over 6 a week period to incentivized documentation over a 12 week period.
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Study Summary

This trial will use physician compensation incentives to improve documentation of clinically significant details for six common diagnoses in outpatient general internal medicine. The goal is to improve communication of clinically significant diagnostic information among physicians, reducing suboptimal treatment plans, overuse, medical error, and cognitive burden.

Eligible Conditions
  • Compensation Incentives
  • Clinical Documentation
  • Physician Work Environment
  • Diagnostic Errors

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~change from baseline documentation over 6 a week period to incentivized documentation over a 12 week period.
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and change from baseline documentation over 6 a week period to incentivized documentation over a 12 week period. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Change in Clinical Documentation

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Incentivized PeriodExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
3 month period during which time clinicians will receive compensation incentives for their performance in the program to improve clinical documentation.
Group II: Baseline PeriodActive Control1 Intervention
Run-in non-incentivized period for all participants.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Compensation Incentives to improve Clinical Documentation
2022
N/A
~40

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Rush University Medical CenterLead Sponsor
423 Previous Clinical Trials
164,091 Total Patients Enrolled
David S Burstein, MD MSPrincipal InvestigatorAssistant Professor

Media Library

Compensation Incentives to improve Clinical Documentation Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05527977 — N/A
Diagnostic Errors Research Study Groups: Baseline Period, Incentivized Period
Diagnostic Errors Clinical Trial 2023: Compensation Incentives to improve Clinical Documentation Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05527977 — N/A
Compensation Incentives to improve Clinical Documentation 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05527977 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are there any available slots in this research study for new participants?

"The clinicaltrials.gov website does not currently list this medical study as seeking candidates, since it was last updated on September 1st 2022. Nonetheless, there are presently two other trials enrolling patients."

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~12 spots leftby May 2025