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NCT Number: NCT00915304

Evidence-Based Medicine Electronic Decision Support Study

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of the Evidence-Based Medicine electronic Decision Support (EBMeDS) automatic reminders in primary health care.

Hypothesis (1)is that in the intervention group the total number of EBMeDS reminders will decrease compared to the control group.

Hypothesis (2) is that in the intervention group the quality measures will increase faster compared to the control group at follow-up time.

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Key information

Conditions

Decision Support Systems, Clinical

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Primary location

University of Tampere; School of Health Sciences

Tampere, Finland, 33014

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All residents of Sipoo who have patient ID number in the Mediatri electronic patient record system in Sipoo Health Centre

Exclusion criteria

  • Those residents who's occupational health care is produced by Sipoo Health Centre

Treatment and study plan

The EBMeDS reminders

Behavioral

Phase I: EBMeDS reminders specific to the visiting or caring patient and his/her clinical problem are generated when the practitioner uses the electronic patient record. During visits of intervention group patients the EBMeDS reminders will be shown on screen to the practitioner.

Phase II: As phase I and in addition, results of the Virtual Health Check (VHC) of all the intervention group patients will be shown to the practitioners.Phase II will be fulfilled in Autumn 2010 and follow-up time will be about 3 months.

Primary outcomes

  1. The number of reminders triggered (in relation to the number of eligible patients, Ri/Ni) during repeated Virtual Health Checks (VHCs)

    Time frame: Follow-up time max one and half year

    VHC will be performed once a week for the whole study population, beginning at baseline and before randomisation. The main outcome measure is Ri/Ni at follow-up time after commencement of the study where Ri is the total number of reminders triggered by the patient record data in intervention and in control group at the time of analysis, and Ni is the total number of patients.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Specific clinical measures compared to an intervention and a control group

    Clinical measures as mean values of laboratory parameters, for example a mean level of HbA1c, a mean level of total cholesterol.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tampere University

Other

Collaborators

  • Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd.
  • Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
  • ProWellness Ltd.
  • The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
  • The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim

Registry information

Official study title

Patient Specific Automatic Reminders in Primary Care - the EBMeDS Randomised Trial

Acronym: EBMeDS

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Jun 8, 2009
Registry last updated
Dec 18, 2012

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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