The effectiveness of computer reminders for improving quality assessment for point-of-care testing in general practice-a randomized controlled trial

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kousgaard, Marius Brostrøm ^a   Siersma, Volkert ^a   Reventlow, Susanne ^a   Ertmann, Ruth ^b   Felding, Peter ^c   Waldorff, Frans Boch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Implementation; Point of care systems; Quality assurance; Randomized controlled trial; Reminder systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REMINDER SYSTEMS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876700932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-47     Document Type: Article

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