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

Overhage 1997.

Study characteristics
Methods Cluster RCT
Participants General medical ward, academic medical center, Indianapolis, USA (Wishard Memorial Hospital)
2181 patients, 86 providers, 6 provider teams
Interventions Guideline‐based reminders to consider implementing additional corollary orders as providers wrote orders for one of 87 selected tests or treatments. This CDSS intended to reduce errors of omission.
Outcomes Process adherence (testing)
Co‐Interventions Educational: None
Beyond Clinician Education: Drug utilization review program for both control and interventions groups
CDSS Features ‐ Acknowledgement of CDSS Required Yes ‐ required acknowledgement of the CDSS but not documentation of action taken
CDSS Features ‐ Other Conveyed patient‐specific information, developed by study investigators, interruptive, makes care recommendation, possible to execute desired action, '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) Unclear risk N/A
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk  
Baseline characteristics similar? Low risk  
Unit of analysis error Low risk