BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

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Open Access Study protocol

Protocol for the Quick Clinical study: a randomised controlled trial to assess the impact of an online evidence retrieval system on decision-making in general practice

Enrico Coiera1*, Farah Magrabi1, Johanna I Westbrook1, Michael R Kidd2 and Richard O Day3,4

Author Affiliations

1 Centre for Health Informatics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia

2 Discipline of General Practice, University of Sydney, 37A Booth Street, Balmain Sydney NSW 2041, Australia

3 Physiology & Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia

4 St Vincent's Hospital, Victoria St., Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia

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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2006, 6:33 doi:10.1186/1472-6947-6-33

Published: 24 August 2006

Additional files

Additional file 1:

Online registration. Summary of items in online registration.

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Additional file 2:

Title: Pre-trial survey. Summary of items in online pre-trial survey.

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Additional file 3:

Physician response styles. Summary of items in online pre-trial psychometric instrument used to classify physician response styles to new information as seekers, receptives, traditionalists, or pragmatists.

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Additional file 4:

Title: Quick Clinical computer log. Data collected via computer logs to determine patterns of Quick Clinical use.

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Additional file 5:

Title: Prescribing data. Data electronically extracted from clinicians' prescribing software.

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Additional file 6:

Title: Post-trial survey. Summary of items in online post-trial survey.

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