Using email reminders to engage physicians in an Internet-based CME intervention

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Abdolrasulnia, Maziar ^a,b   Collins, Blanche C ^a   Casebeer, Linda ^a,b   Wall, Terry ^b,c   Spettell, Claire ^d   Ray, Midge N ^b,e   Weissman, Norman W ^b,e   Allison, Jeroan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d AETNA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERIODICITY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 5444228891     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-4-17     Document Type: Article

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