“IT-based programs can improve cardiovascular disease (CVD) management and patient empowerment, but must be accompanied by supportive social and political environments and active patient and clinician engagement, according to an article published online Aug. 24 in PLoS Medicine.
“Despite good evidence for the effectiveness of CVD management, large gaps between what is known and what is actually done in healthcare remain,” wrote Sue Wells, from the epidemiology & biostatistics department at the University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand, and colleagues. “IT has the potential to support clinicians to close these gaps throughout processes of care delivery”.”
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CMIO, 26 August 2010
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