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

Lo 2009.

Study characteristics
Methods Cluster RCT
Participants Primary care practices affiliated with two academic medical centers, USA (Partners HealthCare System)
2765 patients, 366 providers, 22 practices
Interventions Non‐interruptive, real‐time CDSS recommending baseline lab testing when prescribing medications to patients lacking baseline labs
Outcomes Process adherence (testing)
Co‐Interventions Educational: None
Beyond Clinician Education: None
CDSS Features ‐ Acknowledgement of CDSS Required No
CDSS Features ‐ Other Considered alert fatigue in design, conveyed patient‐specific information, developed by study investigators, makes care recommendation, other concurrent CDSS, '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) Low risk N/A
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk  
Baseline characteristics similar? Low risk  
Unit of analysis error Low risk