NCT01830569

Impact of an Evidence-based Electronic Decision Support System on Diabetes Care

Feasibility and Impact of an Evidence-based Electronic Decision Support System on Diabetes Care in Family Medicine: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: KU Leuven · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of the use of an evidence-based decision support system (EBMeDS) in daily Belgian family medicine and to study the effectiveness of EBMeDS use on improving diabetes care.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of the use of an evidence-based decision support system (EBMeDS) in daily Belgian family medicine and to study the effectiveness of EBMeDS use on improving diabetes care. Specific research questions are: * Does family physicians use the EBMeDS system in daily practice? * Does the use of the EBMeDS system by family physicians leads to an improvement in diabetes control compared to the control group?

Conditions

• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The EBMeDS system	The EBMeDS system receives structured patient data from the electronic medical records in HealthOne and returns reminders, therapeutic suggestions and diagnosis-specific links to guidelines. Electronic forms and calculators (e.g. a calculator for glomerular filtration) are integrated in the system. The original EBMeDS system was developed by Duodecim in Finland and covers a full spectrum of all clinical areas. Relevant reminders in all clinical areas are shown to the physicians in the intervention group.
OTHER	Evidence Linker	The Evidence Linker is already integrated in Belgian routine practice since 2012 and could be considered as part of the usual care process. When entering a diagnosis coded in ICPC, relevant clinical practice guidelines are retrieved by the Evidence Linker and could by consulted on the initiative of the family physician.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-03-29
• Primary completion: 2019-05-01
• Completion: 2019-05-01
• First posted: 2013-04-12
• Last updated: 2019-07-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium