Nudging Effective and Equitable Delivery of Specialty Palliative Care

PHASE3Enrolling by invitationINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

19,980

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 6, 2025

Primary Completion Date

March 1, 2028

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2029

Conditions
Serious IllnessPalliative
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Palliative care needs information

clinician-directed EHR alert providing information about serious illness diagnosis(-es) and unmet palliative care needs

BEHAVIORAL

Default consult order

clinician-directed EHR alert providing information about serious illness diagnosis(-es) and unmet palliative care needs + a choice to cancel the default palliative care consult order

Trial Locations (9)

20007

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C.

20010

MedStar Washington Health Center, Washington D.C.

20650

MedStar St. Mary's Hospital, Leonardtown

20735

MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Clinton

20832

MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, Olney

21218

MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore

21225

MedStar Harbor Hospital, Baltimore

21237

MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore

21239 ·

MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

collaborator

Medstar Health Research Institute

OTHER

lead

University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

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