Publications by authors named "Ann M Cavella"
Importance: Statins reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, but less than one-half of individuals in America who meet guideline criteria for a statin are actively prescribed this medication.
Objective: To evaluate whether nudges to clinicians, patients, or both increase initiation of statin prescribing during primary care visits.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This cluster randomized clinical trial evaluated statin prescribing of 158 clinicians from 28 primary care practices including 4131 patients.
Importance: Statin therapy is underused for many patients who could benefit.
Objective: To evaluate the effect of passive choice and active choice interventions in the electronic health record (EHR) to promote guideline-directed statin therapy.
Design, Setting, And Participants: Three-arm randomized clinical trial with a 6-month preintervention period and 6-month intervention.