Adsit 2014.
Methods | Country: USA Setting: Madison, Wisconsin Design: 18 month before and after study measuring change in referral to a telephone quitline. |
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Participants | Two clinics within a healthcare system: Primary care clinic with 7 physicians; Pulmonary care clinic with 6 physicians. | |
Interventions | EHR was modified to prompt clinic staff to offer a quitline referral. Secure link was established between patient record and quitline. | |
Outcomes | Proportion of patients who smoke referred to quitline; acceptance rate by the patient. Data obtained from medical and administrative records. | |
Notes | Designed as a case study without empirical testing. | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | High risk | No control group |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | High risk | As above |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Personnel not blind to change in EHR by design, risk of bias judged low |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Objective data obtained from medical and administrative records using an automated reporting system. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Data were based on electronic records for all patients with a visit. |