Gurwitz 2008.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Cluster RCT | |
Participants | Academic long‐term care facilities, Canada and USA 1118 patients, 29 units, 2 facilities |
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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 |
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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 |