Impact of an online evidence retrieval system on decision-making in general practice
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Online clinical evidence retrieval technologyNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN03597773
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of New South Wales (Australia) - Centre for Health Informatics
- Brief Summary
2006 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16928282/
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
Registered general practitioners who had a computer with Internet connectivity and prescribed electronically were studied.
Exclusion Criteria
Clinicians were excluded if they were participating in other studies requiring the provision of prescribing data or if they were planning to retire or move to another practice during the study period.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> The primary outcome measures are clinician acceptance and use of Quick Clinical and the resulting change in decision-making behaviour. Specific outcome measures are:<br> 1. Physician acceptability focusing on ease of use and usefulness and patterns of use of QC<br> 2. Prescribing patterns in clinical priority areas identified at the start of the study<br> 3. Prescribing patterns in response to new evidence of the effectiveness of new or existing treatments<br> 4. Patterns of non-pharmacological clinical management<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Referral patterns<br> 2. Management decisions<br> 3. Number, timing and types of investigations<br>