“A systematic review of 28 clinical trials, which appears today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, finds that computer reminders to physicians regarding prescriptions yield smaller improvements than expected.
The study shows that computer reminders sent to physicians during routine electronic ordering or charting improve process of care by a median of 4.2 percent, with the best outcome showing a median improvement of 5.6 percent–numbers that are “below thresholds for clinically significant improvements,” writes Dr. Kaveh G. Shojania, director of the University of Toronto’s Centre for Patient Safety.”
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Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, CNET News, 8 March 2010
Abstract (Shojania, 2010)
