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Richardson S, Dauber-Decker KL, Solomon J, Seelamneni P, Khan S, Barnaby DP, Chelico J, Qiu M, Liu Y, Sanghani S, Izard SM, Chiuzan C, Mann D, Pekmezaris R, McGinn T, Diefenbach MA. Effect of a behavioral nudge on adoption of an electronic health record-agnostic pulmonary embolism risk prediction tool: a pilot cluster nonrandomized controlled trial. JAMIA open. 2024 Oct 1; 7(3):ooae064.
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%; < .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).