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Context
Electronic health records (EHRs) are widely used, and one of the hoped-for benefits has been improved quality of care, but actual performance has been spotty. In particular, clinicians have often failed to consider clinical risk when dealing with individual patients.
Methods
The authors performed a randomised controlled trial in which they assessed the impact of electronic reminders aimed at increasing primary care physician awareness of primary cardiovascular risk, and assessed physician awareness and the number of cardiovascular events in a primary care population. Altogether, 38 000 patients aged 50 and older were randomised. The intervention was a tool called the e-Nudge which searches electronic records for risk factor data and stratifies patients into four groups (A–D). …
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