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Shared Decision-making on Medical Tests and Care Cascades

CompletedNA

Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital

Conditions: Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Health Care Utilization

Interventions: Patient education materials, Physician peer-comparison email, Physician education materials, General visit preparation materials

Countries: United States

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the impact of patient and provider facing educational materials and peer comparison on medical testing conversations during annual physicals. The investigators hypothesize that education materials and peer comparison will improve conversation quality about medical testing decisions.

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 18 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria (Physicians):

* Primary care physicians at Brigham and Women's Hospital
* In active practice

Inclusion criteria (Patients):

* Adults age 18 years old or older
* English-speaking
* Access to email
* Did not opt out of receiving research invitations from health system
* Patients of participating physicians
* Scheduled annual physical during the study period

Locations (1)

Boston, Massachusetts, United States