Automated electronic reminders to facilitate primary cardiovascular disease prevention: Randomised controlled trial

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 573, 2010, Pages 251-256

  Holt, Tim A ^a   Thorogood, Margaret ^a   Griffiths, Frances ^a   Munday, Stephen ^b   Friede, Tim ^a   Stables, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Solihull Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Egton Medical Information Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Informatics; Primary prevention; Reminder systems; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77951997900     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10X483904     Document Type: Article

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