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. 2009 Dec 30;4:82. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-4-82

Table 3.

Summary of Findings for comparison two: Comparison of different types of electronic guideline implementation

Study Risk of bias No or patients/professionals Intervention Outcomes

Process Patient
Van Wijk [31]
Cluster-RCT
low 7,094 patients, 44 primary care practices Intervention group one: BloodLink Guideline
Intervention group two: BloodLink Restricted
Y

In favour of BloodLink Guideline

Rollman [13]
Cluster-RCT
moderate 200 patients, 17 primary care physicians Intervention group one: Guideline-based treatment advice for depression: active care
Intervention group two: Guideline-based treatment advice for depression: passive care
N N

Van Wyk [32]
Cluster-RCT
moderate 87,866 patients, 77 primary care physicians Intervention group one: Clinical decision support system with respect to screening and treatment of dyslipidemia: alerting version
Intervention group two: Clinical decision support system with respect to screening and treatment of dyslipidemia: on-demand version
Y

In favour of the alerting version

Y = if at least 50% of outcomes significant, N = if less than 50% of outcomes significant