Effect of an Educational Toolkit on Quality of Care: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Shah, Baiju R ^a,b,c   Bhattacharyya, Onil ^a,d   Yu, Catherine H Y ^a,d   Mamdani, Muhammad M ^a,b,d   Parsons, Janet A ^a,d   Straus, Sharon E ^a,d   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART STRESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ONTARIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84895426029     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001588     Document Type: Article

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