Effect of Text Messaging and Behavioral Interventions on COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: COVID-19 vaccine uptake among urban populations remains low.

Objective: To evaluate whether text messaging with outbound or inbound scheduling and behaviorally informed content might increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This randomized clinical trial with a factorial design was conducted from April 29 to July 6, 2021, in an urban academic health system.

Effect of a Default Order vs an Alert in the Electronic Health Record on Hepatitis C Virus Screening Among Hospitalized Patients: A Stepped-Wedge Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening has been recommended for patients born between 1945 and 1965, but rates remain low.

Objective: To evaluate whether a default order within the admission order set increases HCV screening compared with a preexisting alert within the electronic health record.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This stepped-wedge randomized clinical trial was conducted from June 23, 2020, to April 10, 2021, at 2 hospitals within an academic medical center.

Reducing Alert Burden in Electronic Health Records: State of the Art Recommendations from Four Health Systems.

Background: Electronic health record (EHR) alert fatigue, while widely recognized as a concern nationally, lacks a corresponding comprehensive mitigation plan.

Objectives: The goal of this manuscript is to provide practical guidance to clinical informaticists and other health care leaders who are considering creating a program to manage EHR alerts.

Methods: This manuscript synthesizes several approaches and recommendations for better alert management derived from four U.