Comparison of electronic physician prompts versus waitroom case-finding on clinical trial enrollment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recruiting patients into clinical research protocols is challenging. Electronic medical record (EMR) systems capable of prompting clinicians may facilitate enrollment.

Objective

To compare an EMR-based clinician prompt versus a wait-room-based case-finding strategy at enrolling patients into a clinical trial.

Design

Cross-sectional comparison of recruitment data from two trials to treat anxiety disorders in primary care. Both studies utilized similar enrollment criteria, intervention strategies, and the same four practice sites and EMR system.

Participants

Patients referred by their (primary care physicians) PCPs in response to an EMR prompt (recruited 1/2005-10/2006), and patients enrolled by research assistants stationed in practice waiting rooms (

SUBMITTER: Rollman BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2359503 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature