Randomised studies in general practice: how to integrate the electronic patient record

• Published in: Informatics in primary care Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 209 - 213
• Main Authors: Mosis, Georgio, Koes, Bart, Dieleman, Jeanne, Stricker, Bruno Ch, van der Lei, Johan, Sturkenboom, Miriam C J M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT 2005
• Subjects: Data Collection - statistics & numerical data; Databases as Topic - organization & administration; electronic patient record (EPR); Family Practice; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Mathematical Computing; Medical Records Systems, Computerized - organization & administration; Multicenter Studies as Topic - statistics & numerical data; Netherlands; observational study; Office Automation; pragmatic; randomised clinical trial; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - statistics & numerical data; Software Design; Netherlands

The 'randomised database study' strategy was first proposed in 1997, with the aim of combining the generalisability of observational database studies based on electronic patient records (EPRs) with the validity of randomised clinical trials (RCTs). The key feature was to randomly assign tr...