Computed Critiquing Integrated info Daily Clinical Practice Affects Physicians' Behavior.

Authors :: Kuilboer, M. M.
van Wijk, Marc A. M.
Mosseveld, M.
van der Does, E.
de Jongste, J. C.
Overbeek, S. E.
Ponsioen, B.
van der Lei, J.
Source :: Methods of Information in Medicine; 2006, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p447-454, 8p, 3 Diagrams, 5 Charts
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: The article assesses the effect of AsthmaCritic on monitoring and treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as issued by the Dutch College of General Practitioners in the Netherlands. The guideline-based critiquing system AsthmaCritic changed the manner in which the physicians monitored their patients and , to a lesser extent, their treatment behavior and the physicians changed their data-recording habits. The number of forced expiratory volume, peak-flow measurements and the ratio of coded measurements increased, whereas the number of cromoglycate prescriptions decreased in the age of 12-39 years.

Subjects :: HEALTH outcome assessment
EVALUATION
THERAPEUTICS
ASTHMA
OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases
GENERAL practitioners
MEDICAL care
MEDICAL records

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