Using paper chart based clinical reminders to improve guideline adherence to lipid management

• Published in: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 861 - 866
• Main Authors: Hung, Chi-Sheng, Lin, Jou-Wei, Hwang, Juey-Jen, Tsai, Ru-Yi, Li, Ai-Tzu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2008
• Subjects: Aged; Attitude of Health Personnel; behaviour and behaviour mechanisms; Chi-Square Distribution; Coronary Disease - diagnosis; Coronary Disease - etiology; Coronary Disease - prevention & control; Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data; Female; Follow-Up Studies; guideline; Guideline Adherence - organization & administration; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; HMG-CoA; Humans; Hyperlipidemias - prevention & control; Hypolipidemic Agents - therapeutic use; Logistic Models; Male; Medical Records; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - organization & administration; Reimbursement, Incentive; reminder systems; Reminder Systems - instrumentation; statins; Taiwan; Taiwan

Rationale, aims and objectives  The objective of this study was to apply a paper‐based clinical reminder to improve the adherence to lipid guidelines. Methods  Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) without lipid‐lowering therapy (LLT) were recruited, and medical records were reviewed. Eligible...