Nudging Emergency Department Clinicians to Reduce Unnecessary Diagnostic Test Ordering: A Multi‐Arm Vignette‐Based Experiment
While potentially of limited value for reducing the total number of tests ordered, nudge-based clinical decision support interventions that manipulate decision structure and employ decision assistance may reduce tests other than FBE and U&E in emergency departments, especially among less experienced clinicians.
Authors
- J. Sajeev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9302-5607)
- Peter Cameron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-557X)
- Joseph Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1160-9837)
- Paul Buntine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4329-3117)
- Simon S. Craig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2594-1643)
- Shijia Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1518-1724)
- Patrick J. Owen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3924-9375)
- Diana Egerton‐Warburton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0262-1305)
- Lu Bai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6306-1033)
- Liam Hackett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5453-0926)
- Frada Burstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8258-0878)
- Gabriel Blecher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8537-2011)
- Gerard O’Reilly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5763-917X)
- Emily Schembri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4376-4038)
Institutions
- Monash Medical Centre (AU)
- Eastern Health (AU)
- Peninsula Health (AU)
- Monash Health (AU)
- National Trauma Research Institute (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- Alfred Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emergency Medicine Australasia
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.70187
- Primary Topic
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Eastern Health Foundation