ERegQual-an electronic health registry with interactive checklists and clinical decision support for improving quality of antenatal care: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health worker compliance with established best-practice clinical and public health guidelines may be enhanced by customized checklists of care and clinical decision support driven by point-of-care data entry into an electronic health registry. The public health system of Palestine is currently implementing a national electronic registry (eRegistry) for maternal and child health. This trial is embedded in the national implementation and aims to assess the effectiveness of the eRegistry's interactive checklists and clinical decision support, compared with the existing paper based records, on improving the quality of care for pregnant women.

Methods

This two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial is conducted in the West Bank, Palestine, and includes 120 clusters (p

SUBMITTER: Venkateswaran M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5778657 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature