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Implementation and evaluation of two nudges in a hospital’s electronic prescribing system to optimise cost-effective prescribing
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Khanal, Saval, Schmidtke, Kelly, Talat, Usman, Sarwar, Asif and Vlaev, Ivo (2022) Implementation and evaluation of two nudges in a hospital’s electronic prescribing system to optimise cost-effective prescribing. Healthcare, 10 (7). 1233. doi:10.3390/healthcare10071233 ISSN 2227-9032.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10071233
Abstract
Providing healthcare workers with cost information about the medications they prescribe can influence their decisions. The current study aimed to analyse the impact of two nudges that presented cost information to prescribers through a hospital’s electronic prescribing system. The nudges were co-created by the research team: four behavioural scientists and the lead hospital pharmacist. The nudges were rolled out sequentially. The first nudge provided simple cost information (percentage cost-difference between two brands of mesalazine: Asacol® and Octasa®). The second nudge provided information about the potential annual cost savings if the cheaper medication were selected across the National Health Service. Neither nudge influenced prescribing. Prescribing of Asacol® and Octasa® at baseline and during the implementation of the first nudge did not differ (at p ≥ 0.05), nor was there a difference between the first nudge and second (at p ≥ 0.05). Although these nudges were not effective, notable administrative barriers were overcome, which may inform future research. For example, although for legal reasons the cost of medicine cannot be displayed, we were able to present aggregated cost information to the prescribers. Future research could reveal more behavioural factors that facilitate medication optimisation. View Full-Text
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Cost effectiveness, Drugs -- Prescribing -- Data processing , Prescription pricing , Behavior modification | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Healthcare | |||||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | |||||||||
ISSN: | 2227-9032 | |||||||||
Official Date: | 1 July 2022 | |||||||||
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Volume: | 10 | |||||||||
Number: | 7 | |||||||||
Article Number: | 1233 | |||||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/healthcare10071233 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 July 2022 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 5 July 2022 | |||||||||
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