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. 2024 Aug 1;7(3):ooae064.
doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooae064. eCollection 2024 Oct.

Effect of a behavioral nudge on adoption of an electronic health record-agnostic pulmonary embolism risk prediction tool: a pilot cluster nonrandomized controlled trial

Safiya Richardson  1 , Katherine L Dauber-Decker  2 , Jeffrey Solomon  2 , Pradeep Seelamneni  2 , Sundas Khan  3   4 , Douglas P Barnaby  2   5 , John Chelico  6 , Michael Qiu  2 , Yan Liu  2 , Shreya Sanghani  2 , Stephanie M Izard  2 , Codruta Chiuzan  2 , Devin Mann  1 , Renee Pekmezaris  2   5 , Thomas McGinn  4   6 , Michael A Diefenbach  2   5
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Effect of a behavioral nudge on adoption of an electronic health record-agnostic pulmonary embolism risk prediction tool: a pilot cluster nonrandomized controlled trial

Safiya Richardson et al. JAMIA Open. .

Abstract

Objective: Our objective was to determine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a behavioral nudge on adoption of a clinical decision support (CDS) tool.

Materials and methods: We conducted a pilot cluster nonrandomized controlled trial in 2 Emergency Departments (EDs) at a large academic healthcare system in the New York metropolitan area. We tested 2 versions of a CDS tool for pulmonary embolism (PE) risk assessment developed on a web-based electronic health record-agnostic platform. One version included behavioral nudges incorporated into the user interface.

Results: A total of 1527 patient encounters were included in the trial. The CDS tool adoption rate was 31.67%. Adoption was significantly higher for the tool that included behavioral nudges (39.11% vs 20.66%; P < .001).

Discussion: We demonstrated feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a PE risk prediction CDS tool developed using insights from behavioral science. The tool is well-positioned to be tested in a large randomized clinical trial.

Trial registration: Clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05203185).

Keywords: behavioral economics; clinical decision support; computed tomography; pulmonary angiogram; pulmonary embolism.

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Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

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Pulmonary embolism risk prediction clinical decision support tool.
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Pulmonary embolism risk prediction clinical decision support tool with behavioral nudge.
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