Summary of findings 3. Comparison 3: provision of electronic health information via different interfaces: full‐service versus self‐service.
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Provision of electronic health information via different interfaces: full‐serviceversus self‐service The full‐service interface was unique in 2 aspects: 1. included a search engine that returned critically appraised articles rated by physicians; 2. included push information, e.g. email alerts on topics of interest to the practitioner | |||||
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Population: physicians Settings: primary care or internal medicine practices Intervention: full‐service interface Comparison: usual interface | |||||
| Outcomes |
Results (mean logins/month/user) |
Number of studies |
Number of sites (number of participants) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) | |
| Changes to professional behavior ‐ use of EHI |
IG 1.66 to 1.84 | CG 2.05 to 1.46 | 1 | 10 communities (clusters), IG 5 (98); CG 5 (105) | ⊕⊕⊕⊝ |
| Change in the rate of logins/month/user, baseline vs. intervention period: 0.77 logins/month/user (95% CI 0.43 to 1.11), favoring IG (full‐service group) | |||||
| GRADE: GRADE Working Group Grades of Evidence ⊕⊕⊕⊕ High quality: We are confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of effect. ⊕⊕⊕⊝ Moderate quality: The true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of effect, but there is a possibility that it may be substantially different. ⊕⊕⊝⊝ Low quality: The true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of effect. ⊕⊝⊝⊝ Very low quality: Any estimate of effect is very uncertain. CG: control group; CI: confidence interval; EHI: electronic health information; IG: intervention group. | |||||
| We downgraded the evidence because there is only 1 study assessing this comparison. | |||||