New dashboard aims to reduce information overload for ICU doctors
NCT ID NCT05937646
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a special dashboard called AWARE helps ICU doctors and nurses make decisions faster and more accurately than using standard electronic health records. 113 healthcare providers participated in a randomized trial where they answered clinical questions using either the dashboard or their usual system. The study measured time, accuracy, and mental effort to see if the dashboard reduces information overload.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AWARE visualization dashboard
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this dashboard could help ICU providers make faster and more accurate decisions, potentially improving patient care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study focused on provider performance, not patient outcomes. Results may not apply to all hospitals or clinical settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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113 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Finished
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May 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 99 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: ICU physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs), * active full time ICU service, * use an institutional EHR (Epic or Cerner) to deliver care, and * reads and speaks English; Residents * prior ICU rotation experience, * use an institutional EHR (Epic or Cerner) to deliver care, and * reads and speaks English; Combined Exclusion Criteria: * Non-ICU Physicians or APPs, * residents with no prior ICU experience
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
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