To evaluate the effectiveness of synchronous electronic clinical reminders for professionals of primary care

Conditions

Clinical reminders for chronic diseases in primary care Not Applicable

Ermengol Coma, Manuel Medina, Leonardo Méndez-Boo, Eduardo Hermosilla, Marta Iglesias et al. (7 authors)

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making2019-11-2940 citations

Effectiveness of computerized point-of-care reminders on adherence with multiple clinical recommendations by primary health care providers: protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Méndez Boo L, Coma E, Medina M, Hermosilla E, Iglesias M, Olmos C, Calero Muñoz S, Caro Mendivelso J.

2016-09-073 citations

10.1186/s40064-016-3124-2

Interventions

The 270 primary care teams are divided randomly into four groups adjusted by their previous results in a quality of care synthetic indicator (consists of 62 clinical sub-indicators) T

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 3,425 family physicians and 3,262 nurses caring for adult population of the 279 Primary Care Teams (PCT) managed by the Catalonian Health Institute.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Professionals from seven primary care teams involved in another clinical trial related to the emergence of brands in the professional agenda 2. Professionals from two primary care teams that were in a process of reorganization to become four different teams, which made the process of randomization difficult 3. 150 professionals who have a much lower attendance schedule and a very low computerization of their consultations

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Resolved reminder 2. Time from onset to resolution reminder	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Type of clinical situation that generates the reminder 2. Type of reminder 3. Characteristics of the team: 3.1. Socioeconomic level of population 3.2. Dispersion level of population alloted 3.3. Existence of post-graduate teaching in family medicine 3.4. Existence of undergraduate nursing teaching 4. Characteristics of professionals 4.1. Type of professional: physician or nurse 4.2. Age 4.3. Sex 4.4. Type of contract	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Type of clinical situation that generates the reminder 2. Type of reminder 3. Characteristics of the team: 3.1. Socioeconomic level of population 3.2. Dispersion level of population alloted 3.3. Existence of post-graduate teaching in family medicine 3.4. Existence of undergraduate nursing teaching 4. Characteristics of professionals 4.1. Type of professional: physician or nurse 4.2. Age 4.3. Sex 4.4. Type of contract

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Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed