Hicks 2008.
| Study characteristics | ||
| Methods | Cluster RCT | |
| Participants | Community‐ and hospital‐based primary care clinics affiliated with large urban academic medical center, Boston, USA (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) 1834 patients, 12 clinics |
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| Interventions | CDSS with guideline‐based reminders for management of patients with hypertension | |
| Outcomes | Process adherence (prescribing), clinical endpoint (uncontrolled blood pressure) | |
| Co‐Interventions | Educational: None Beyond Clinician Education: None |
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| CDSS Features ‐ Acknowledgement of CDSS Required | No | |
| CDSS Features ‐ Other | Conveyed patient‐specific information, developed by study investigators, included supporting information on‐screen, makes care recommendation, 'push' mode of delivery, targeted underuse | |
| 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 | |
| Unit of analysis error | Low risk | |