Boustani 2012.

Study characteristics
Methods	RCT
Participants	General medical ward, academic medical center, Indianapolis, USA (Wishard Memorial Hospital) 424 patients
Interventions	Reminder notifying physicians of presence of cognitive impairment, recommending early geriatric consultation, and suggesting discontinuation of urinary catheterization, physical restraints, and anticholinergic drugs
Outcomes	Process adherence (prescribing, other), clinical endpoint (30‐day mortality, 30‐day readmission, hospital adverse event, mean length of hospital stay, home discharge)
Co‐Interventions	Educational: None Beyond Clinician Education: None
CDSS Features ‐ Acknowledgement of CDSS Required	Yes ‐ required acknowledgement of the CDSS and documentation of action taken
CDSS Features ‐ Other	Conveyed patient‐specific information, developed by study investigators, interruptive, makes care recommendation, other concurrent CDSS, 'push' mode of delivery, targeted overuse
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Low risk	N/A
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk
Baseline characteristics similar?	Low risk