Journal article
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