Clinical trials: Physician Judgment
Major Adverse Cardiac Event (MACE)
How Clinical and Personal Information Shape Physicians' Risk Judgments
Physicians often form quick judgments about the risk for serious disease when interacting with patients. Underestimating risk can lead to underuse of diagnostic testing and untreated illness, which can worsen patient outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT07162376
- Testing
- Personal Information Disclosure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, College Park
Physician Judgment
Understanding Physician Signout Risk Perception
The purpose of the study is to compare the ability of physicians and a statistical index (the Rothman score) to predict clinical deterioration over the next 24 hours.
- Trial name
- UPS (NCT02648828)
- Testing
- Clinical deterioration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh