Sascha Dublin, Mikael Anne Greenwood-Hickman, Leah Karliner, Clarissa Hsu, R Yates Coley, Leonardo Colemon, Anna Carrasco, Deborah King, Andrea Grace, Sei J Lee, Judith M E Walsh, Tyler Barrett, Jia Broussard, Umesh Singh, Abisola Idu, Kristine Yaffe, Malaz Boustani, Deborah E Barnes
BACKGROUND: About half of people living with dementia have not received a diagnosis, delaying access to treatment, education, and support. We previously developed a tool, eRADAR, which uses information in the electronic health record (EHR) to identify patients who may have undiagnosed dementia. This paper provides the protocol for an embedded, pragmatic clinical trial (ePCT) implementing eRADAR in two healthcare systems to determine whether an intervention using eRADAR increases dementia diagnosis rates and to examine the benefits and harms experienced by patients and other stakeholders...
October 17, 2023: Contemporary Clinical Trials