Effect of Predictive Model on ED Physician Assessments of Patient Disposition

Launched by BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · May 23, 2024

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Specific Aims/Objectives:

1. Measure the effect of the sharing of a model prediction of admission on an attending physician's assessment of patient disposition within one hour from presentation at a tertiary academic pediatric hospital.
2. Measure the effect of the sharing of a model prediction from a model tuned for equal subgroup performance on an attending physician's assessment of patient disposition within one hour from presentation at a tertiary academic pediatric hospital.

Background and Significance:

Machine learning (ML) models increasingly provide clinical decision support (CDS...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Board certified emergency department attending physicians currently employed by Boston Children's Hospital
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Physicians are excluded from completely surveys for patients who they are currently caring for