Actionable reminders did not improve performance over passive reminders for overdue tests in the primary care setting

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-163

  El Kareh, Robert E ^a   Gandhi, Tejal K ^b   Poon, Eric G ^b,c   Newmark, Lisa P ^c   Ungar, Jonathan ^b   Orav, E J ^b   Sequist, Thomas D ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REMINDER SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BOSTON; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 79953076477     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.003152     Document Type: Article

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