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McMaster PLUS: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial of an Intervention to Accelerate Clinical Use of Evidence-based Information from Digital Libraries

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Physicians have difficulty keeping up with new evidence from medical research. METHODS: We developed the McMaster Premium LiteratUre Service (PLUS), an internet-based addition to an existing digital library, which delivered quality- and relevance-rated medical literature to physicians, matched to their clinical disciplines. We evaluated PLUS in a cluster-randomized trial of 203 participating physicians in Northern Ontario, comparing …

Authors

Haynes RB; Holland J; Cotoi C; McKinlay RJ; Wilczynski NL; Walters LA; Jedras D; Parrish R; McKibbon KA; Garg A

Journal

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 593–600

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Publication Date

November 1, 2006

DOI

10.1197/jamia.m2158

ISSN

1067-5027