BACKGROUND Computer-based decision support systems are a promising method for incorporating research evidence into clinical practice. However, evidence is still scant on how such information technology solutions work in primary healthcare when support is provided across many health problems. In Finland, we designed a trial where a set of evidence-based, patient-specific reminders was introduced...

BACKGROUND Screening reduces colorectal cancer mortality, but effective screening tests remain underused. Systematic reminders to patients and physicians could increase screening rates METHODS We conducted a randomized controlled trial of patient and physician reminders in 11 ambulatory health care centers. Participants included 21 860 patients aged 50 to 80 years who were overdue for colorec...

OBJECTIVE To explore the effects of four types of short message service (SMS) plus real-time adherence monitoring on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence: daily reminders, weekly reminders, reminders triggered after a late or missed dose (delivered to patients), and notifications triggered by sustained adherence lapses (delivered to patient-nominated social supporters). DESIGN Pilot randomi...

BACKGROUND Poor adherence to oral antidiabetics has a negative influence on glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes patients. Real Time Medication Monitoring (RTMM) combines real time monitoring of patients' medication use with SMS reminders sent only if patients forget their medication, aiming to improve adherence. This study aimed to investigate the effect of these SMS reminders on adherence to ...

objectives: the main purpose of this experimental research was to create an animal model of ptsd based on the main features of the disorder: trauma exposure, situational reminders (sr), behavioral anxiety and remedy in response to anxiolytic medications. method: 6 inbred female sprague-dawley rats were obtained and evaluated in the elevated plus-maze test in 3 stages: 1- baseline 2- underwater ...

M oday, M arch 7, 2017 RESULTS: Patients that were sent reminders were up to 5-times more likely to ask their provider regarding their testresults than Controls; 15/29 patients in Group-A ‘asked’ compared to only 2/33 controls (p<0.001). Conversely 31/33 controls ‘did-not-ask’; 24/29 Group-A patients indicated that the reminders were helpful (in-fact 25 patients felt reminders were ‘necessary’)...

Point of care reminders have been shown to be effective in changing ordering behavior in primary care settings, but electronic reminders in the emergency department have not been studied. We retrospectively evaluated a computerized system designed to prompt syphilis testing in an emergency department during an outbreak. Most individual reminders were not followed by a test. However, there was a...