Electronic nudge aims to close the gap in heart failure treatment
NCT ID NCT05433220
First seen Jul 13, 2026 · Last updated Jul 14, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether an electronic alert in a patient's medical record can prompt doctors to prescribe guideline-recommended heart failure medications that are not yet being used. The trial includes 5,000 adults with heart failure and a reduced ejection fraction (≤40%) seen at Inova clinics or hospitals. Half of the doctors will receive the alert when they open a patient's chart; the other half will continue with usual care. The goal is to see if the alert increases the number of patients on appropriate medications within 30 days.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- Best practice advisory alert via electronic health record
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this alert system could help more heart failure patients receive life-saving medications, potentially reducing hospitalizations and deaths.
- What could go wrong
- The alert may not change prescribing habits, or doctors might ignore it. The study only measures short-term outcomes (30 days), so long-term benefits are unknown.
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Inova Health System
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