Evidence-Based Medicine Electronic Decision Support Study

Patient Specific Automatic Reminders in Primary Care - the EBMeDS Randomised Trial

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of the Evidence-Based Medicine electronic Decision Support (EBMeDS) automatic reminders in primary health care.

Hypothesis (1)is that in the intervention group the total number of EBMeDS reminders will decrease compared to the control group.

Hypothesis (2) is that in the intervention group the quality measures will increase faster compared to the control group at follow-up time.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All residents of Sipoo who have patient ID number in the Mediatri electronic patient record system in Sipoo Health Centre

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those residents who's occupational health care is produced by Sipoo Health Centre