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. 2009 Jul 8;2009(3):CD001096. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001096.pub2

Gurwitz 2008.

Study characteristics
Methods Cluster RCT
Participants Academic long‐term care facilities, Canada and USA
1118 patients, 29 units, 2 facilities
Interventions CDSS linked with CPOE intended to prevent adverse drug events by flagging serious drug‐drug interactions and high‐risk prescriptions
Outcomes Clinical endpoint (preventable adverse drug events)
Co‐Interventions Educational: None
Beyond Clinician Education: None
CDSS Features ‐ Acknowledgement of CDSS Required Not reported
CDSS Features ‐ Other Considered alert fatigue in design, conveyed patient‐specific information, interruptive, '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 Unclear risk N/A
Baseline characteristics similar? Unclear risk N/A
Unit of analysis error Unclear risk N/A