Monitoring and improving guideline adherence by an electronic decision support system

Completed

• Conditions: Heart Disease, cardiac rehabilitation; Circulatory System; Other forms of heart disease

• Registration Number: ISRCTN36656997
• Lead Sponsor: etherlands Heart Foundation (Nederlandse Hartstichting) (Netherlands)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-12-20
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 5000

Inclusion Criteria

The decision support system (DSS) can be used at all Dutch cardiac rehabilitation (CR) centres. These centres treat patients after acute coronary syndromes, patients with angina pectoris, heart failure, and/or congenital heart disease, and patients who have undergone cardiac surgery, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, or heart transplant surgery, or have received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

Exclusion Criteria

The system should be used on a routine basis in the participating CR centres, for all patients that are screened for CR no patients are excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adherence, by care providers, to the Dutch Cardiac Rehabilitation Guidelines.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
o secondary outcome measures