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Clinical Documentation Physician Compensation Incentives

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By David S Burstein, MD MS
Research Sponsored by Rush University Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up change from baseline documentation over 6 a week period to incentivized documentation over a 12 week period.
Awards & highlights
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will use physician compensation incentives to improve documentation of clinically significant details for six common diagnoses in outpatient general internal medicine. The goal is to improve communication of clinically significant diagnostic information among physicians, reducing suboptimal treatment plans, overuse, medical error, and cognitive burden.

Eligible Conditions
  • Compensation Incentives
  • Clinical Documentation
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Physician Work Environment

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~change from baseline documentation over 6 a week period to incentivized documentation over a 12 week period.
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and change from baseline documentation over 6 a week period to incentivized documentation over a 12 week period. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Change in Clinical Documentation

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Incentivized PeriodExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
3 month period during which time clinicians will receive compensation incentives for their performance in the program to improve clinical documentation.
Group II: Baseline PeriodActive Control1 Intervention
Run-in non-incentivized period for all participants.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Compensation Incentives to improve Clinical Documentation
2022
N/A
~40

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Rush University Medical CenterLead Sponsor
439 Previous Clinical Trials
250,214 Total Patients Enrolled
David S Burstein, MD MSPrincipal InvestigatorAssistant Professor

Media Library

Compensation Incentives to improve Clinical Documentation Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05527977 — N/A
Diagnostic Errors Research Study Groups: Baseline Period, Incentivized Period
Diagnostic Errors Clinical Trial 2023: Compensation Incentives to improve Clinical Documentation Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05527977 — N/A
Compensation Incentives to improve Clinical Documentation 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05527977 — N/A
~10 spots leftby Dec 2025