一般医生在线教育的随机试验,用于处方和测试订单
Andrew Bonney1, Conrad Kobel2, Judy Mullan3
1Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia abonney@uow.edu.au.
BMJ open quality
|October 19, 2023
概括
澳大利亚全科医生 (GPs) 的在线教育显示了降低病理学测试成本的潜力. 虽然整体上并不显著,但完成的病理学教育导致成本降低,这表明了改善医疗保健的可扩展干预.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
背景情况:
- 可能不合适的药物处方和低价值的诊断测试增加了医疗保健成本,并危及了患者的安全.
- 全国共享电子健康记录旨在改善澳大利亚的医疗保健服务.
研究的目的:
- 为澳大利亚的全科医生 (GPs) 评估一个可扩展的在线质量改善干预.
- 干预措施集成在线教育共享电子健康记录和合理的处方,病理学和成像订单.
主要方法:
- 一个平行三臂随机试验,涉及处方,病理学和成像教育.
- 106名澳大利亚全科医生被随机选择;结果在六个月的干预前后评估.
- 主要结果:每100次咨询的费用包括药物,病理学和放射学测试.
主要成果:
- 在治疗意图分析中,跨部门的成本变化没有显著差异.
- 每项协议分析显示,病理学教育部门的病理学成本在统计学上显著降低 (比处方部门低187美元).
- 观察到的吸收率和完成率很低,部分原因是COVID-19大流行.
结论:
- 在线教育有望降低低价值的病理学测试订购成本,特别是在完成干预的参与者中.
- 提高干预完成率和纳入实时反可以提高有效性.
- 在线格式允许可扩展的实施,可能为改善医疗保健提供成本效益的好处.
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