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Computer-Based Decision Support in Managing Asthma in Primary Care

NCT00170248 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4447

Last updated 2014-04-08

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Summary

Asthma is a health problem that afflicts many Canadians. Better methods are needed to provide primary care physicians with ways of implementing current guidelines into regular practice for optimal disease management. This study will test the benefits of providing computer-based decision-support for asthma to primary care physicians, with links to home monitoring for their patients. To add value and to ensure regular use for the physician for all of his/her patients, these computerized decision-support tools will be linked to an electronic prescribing and drug management system. The investigators will evaluate the effectiveness of the computer-based decision-support system by determining whether asthma patients of physicians who receive computer-assisted management tools have better disease control after 33 months of implementation compared to asthma patients of physicians who have the electronic prescription and drug management system alone. To answer this question, the investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial in a population of approximately 100 physicians in 40 clinics in Quebec, and a total of approximately 4500 of their patients with asthma.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

computer-based decision support for asthma management

The asthma management decision support system uses data from the patient problem and medication list to provide patient-specific management recommendations based on Canadian Consensus guidelines for asthma management. Web-enabled technology for asthma education nurses is used to collect home-monitoring information from patients between visits and feedback to primary care physicians in accordance with options selected by the physician for each patient.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • McGill University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robyn Tamblyn, PhD · McGill University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-10-31
Primary Completion
2009-06-30
Completion
2009-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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