Computer-based reminders to prompt physicians to implement preventive and other
services have been available since the late 1970s, when, they were pioneered by McDonald …

PHYSICIANS PERFORM preventive care activities less frequently than established
guidelines recommend. To improve the delivery of preventive services, interventions of …

Background: Automated health maintenance reminder (HMR) systems embedded in
electronic medical records systems have been found to improve utilization of preventive …

This report reviews computerized reminder systems for tracking health maintenance in
clinical practice and discusses the features of a useful, cost-effective system. Systems …

Objective: To compare computer-based with manual health maintenance tracking systems to
determine whether (1) a computer-basedsystem will result in bet-ter provider compliance …

This article describes the development of a computerized health maintenance tracking
system for primary care practice and its features. Research has shown existing …

The American Cancer Society Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Preventive Health Care Reminder
Systemsreviewed evidence-based reports and expert opinion to summarize current knowl …

* BACKGROUND We conducted a process evaluation of a multifaceted outreach facilitation
intervention to document the extent to which the intervention was implemented with fidelity …

Methods Using existing well-accepted evidence-based national clinical guidelines, a
multidisciplinary team created 16 specific reminders within 4 clinical categories:(1) diabetes …

Computer-generated reminders for patients and physicians can increase provision of
preventive services. On July 1, 1989, the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical …