NCT01612897

Study of the Effectiveness of a Computer Decision Support System to Improve Physicians' Screening for Autism

Computer Assisted Autism Care (CAAC)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 368 (actual)
• Sponsor: Indiana University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 17 Months – 4 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators hypothesize that children seen in a clinic that uses a compute based system known as CHICA, which reminds pediatricians to screen at defined time point for autism, will be screened more consistently for autism and receive more timely diagnostic a treatment services.

Detailed description

To be eligible for this trial, participants must receive their care at one of four primary care clinics in Indianapolis where the CHICA system is used.

Conditions

• Healthy Children Undergoing Routine Care
• Children With Autism

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Computer based care reminders	Physicians in the intervention clinic will receive computer generated reminders to screen for autism among children of appropriate age visiting the clinic.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-07-01
• Completion: 2014-07-01
• First posted: 2012-06-06
• Last updated: 2015-03-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States