A Pragmatic Trial of an Active Choice Nudge for Generalist or Specialist Palliative Care for Seriously Ill Inpatients

NAEnrolling by invitationINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

16,000

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 13, 2023

Primary Completion Date

November 20, 2025

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2026

Conditions
Palliative Care
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Generalist + Specialist palliative care

Clinicians are alerted in the EHR to make an active choice whether to provide generalist palliative care themselves, consult PC specialist, or to defer PC at that time.

BEHAVIORAL

Pre-Intervention phase

Patients meeting eligibility criteria will be enrolled for study data collection but there will be no attempt to influence delivery of care.

Trial Locations (1)

19104

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

lead

University of Pennsylvania

OTHER