Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02950142
Evidence-based Laboratory Test Order Sets in Primary Care
The Effect of Evidence-based Order Sets Within a CPOE System on the Quantity and Quality of Laboratory Test Ordering in Family Practice: a Cluster Randomised Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 288 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate what the effect is of evidence-based order sets aimed at five indications on the appropriateness of laboratory test ordering in primary care.
Detailed description
Cluster randomised controlled trial in Belgian primary care practices. Participants will be primary care physicians working in primary care practices affiliated to one of three collaborating laboratories in the Leuven, Ghent or Antwerp regions. Primary care practices will be allocated and randomized to either the intervention or control group. Physicians in PCPs randomized to the intervention will be offered order sets based on indication when using the CPOE for ordering laboratory tests. The effect of order sets will be analyzed for 17 common indications for ordering laboratory tests in Belgian primary care: diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, general check-up, unexplained fatigue, anemia, liver pathology, medication monitoring, gout, chronic kidney disease, lung embolism, acute coronary syndrome, diarrhea, thyroid disease, sexually transmitted disease, rheumatoid arthritis and obesity.
Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Hypertension
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Fatigue
- Anemia
- Liver Diseases
- Medication Monitoring
- Gout
- Chronic Kidney Diseases
- Lung Embolism
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Diarrhea
- Thyroid Diseases
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Obesity
- General Check-up
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | CPOE with order sets for lab testing | CPOE including series of recommended tests ordered per indication |
| OTHER | CPOE without order sets for lab testing | CPOE only |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-06-01
- Completion
- 2019-08-01
- First posted
- 2016-10-31
- Last updated
- 2020-01-23
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Belgium
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02950142. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.