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Recruiting NCT05810064
Effectiveness of an Automated Falls-Risk Screening and Referral Tool in the Emergency Department (ED)
Trial Parameters
Condition Falls-Risk
Sponsor University of Wisconsin, Madison
Study Type OBSERVATIONAL
Phase N/A
Enrollment 30,000
Sex ALL
Min Age 65 Years
Max Age N/A
Start Date 2022-02-22
Completion 2026-08
Interventions
Falls-Risk Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Tool
Brief Summary
The purpose of this retrospective cohort study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an EHR-based clinical decision support system (CDS) for automatically screening older adult ED patients for risk of future falls and providing ED clinicians opportunity to place referrals orders to the UW Health Mobility and Falls Clinic for those at highest risk prior to discharge. This CDS tool has already been implemented at the UW Hospital ED, and as a QI initiative will be implemented in a staged process at two other UW Health-affiliated emergency departments (The American Center and Swedish American Hospital).
Eligibility Criteria
Retrospective analysis will include data from: * ED patients 65 years or older * discharged from the ED (not admitted)