Challenges to implementing electronic trial data collection in primary care: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Within-consultation recruitment to primary care trials is challenging. Ensuring procedures are efficient and self-explanatory is the key to optimising recruitment. Trial recruitment software that integrates with the electronic health record to support and partially automate procedures is becoming more common. If it works well, such software can support greater participation and more efficient trial designs. An innovative electronic trial recruitment and outcomes software was designed to support recruitment to the Runny Ear randomised controlled trial, comparing topical, oral and delayed antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media with discharge in children. A qualitative evaluation investigated the views and experiences of primary care staff using this trial software.

SUBMITTER: Cabral C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8259773 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature