The efficacy of computer reminders on external quality assessment for point-of-care testing in Danish general practice: Rationale and methodology for two randomized trials

Implementation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Waldorff, Frans B ^a   Siersma, Volkert ^a   Ertmann, Ruth ^a   Kousgaard, Marius B ^a   Nielsen, Anette S ^c   Felding, Peter ^b   Mosbæk, Niels ^b   Hjortsø, Else ^c   Reventlow, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Laboratory of Copenhagen General Practitioners   (Denmark)

^c Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DENMARK; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84860410016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-79     Document Type: Article

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