Design of a cluster-randomized trial of electronic health record-based tools to address overweight and obesity in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care providers often fail to identify patients who are overweight or obese or discuss weight management with them. Electronic health record-based tools may help providers with the assessment and management of overweight and obesity.

Purpose

We describe the design of a trial to examine the effectiveness of electronic health record-based tools for the assessment and management of overweight and obesity among adult primary care patients, as well as the challenges we encountered.

Methods

We developed several new features within the electronic health record used by primary care practices affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. These features included (1) reminders to measure height and weight, (2) an alert asking providers to add over

SUBMITTER: Baer HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4863225 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature