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

Terrell 2010.

Study characteristics
Methods Cluster RCT
Participants Academic emergency department, Indianapolis, USA (Wishard Memorial Hospital)
2783 episodes of care, 42 providers
Interventions Reminder that provided dosing recommendations for 10 high‐risk medications when renal function was below threshold for dosage adjustment in patients being discharged from the emergency department
Outcomes Process adherence (prescribing)
Co‐Interventions Educational: None
Beyond Clinician Education: None
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, interruptive, makes care recommendation, other concurrent CDSS, possible to execute desired action, 'push' mode of delivery, targeted overuse
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