Effect of a Price Transparency Intervention in the Electronic Health Record on Clinician Ordering of Inpatient Laboratory Tests: The PRICE Randomized Clinical Trial

• Published in: JAMA internal medicine Vol. 177; no. 7; p. 939
• Main Authors: Sedrak, Mina S, Myers, Jennifer S, Small, Dylan S, Nachamkin, Irving, Ziemba, Justin B, Murray, Dana, Kurtzman, Gregory W, Zhu, Jingsan, Wang, Wenli, Mincarelli, Deborah, Danoski, Daniel, Wells, Brian P, Berns, Jeffrey S, Brennan, Patrick J, Hanson, C William, Dine, C Jessica, Patel, Mitesh S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Access to Information; Adult; Aged; Attitude of Health Personnel; Clinical Decision-Making - methods; Clinical Laboratory Techniques - economics; Clinical Laboratory Techniques - methods; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Electronic Health Records - statistics & numerical data; Female; Humans; Inpatients; Laboratories, Hospital - economics; Male; Medicare; Middle Aged; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - economics; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; United States

Many health systems are considering increasing price transparency at the time of order entry. However, evidence of its impact on clinician ordering behavior is inconsistent and limited to single-site evaluations of shorter duration. To test the effect of displaying Medicare allowable fees for inpati...