Beste 2015.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Cluster RCT | |
Participants | Eight VA facilities in the Pacific Northwest, USA 2884 patients |
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Interventions | CDSS intended to improve hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance by reminding clinicians to perform liver ultrasounds for patients with cirrhosis who had not received surveillance in the preceding 6 months | |
Outcomes | Process adherence (testing, other) | |
Co‐Interventions | Educational: None Beyond Clinician Education: None |
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CDSS Features ‐ Acknowledgement of CDSS Required | Yes ‐ required acknowledgement of the CDSS and documentation of action taken | |
CDSS Features ‐ Other | Considered alert fatigue in design, conveyed patient‐specific information, developed by study investigators, included supporting information on‐screen, makes care recommendation, other concurrent CDSS, possible to execute desired action, 'push' mode of delivery, targeted underuse, user workflow considered in design | |
Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | N/A |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | |
Baseline characteristics similar? | Low risk | |
Unit of analysis error | High risk |