8 articles in this issue
Simon de Lusignan
Informaticians continue to rise to the challenge, set by the English Health Minister, of trying to replace doctors’ judgement with computers. This issue describes successes and where there are barriers. However, whilst there is progress this tends to be i... see more
Robert El-Kareh,Valeria Pazo,Adam Wright,Gordon D Schiff
Background: Involuntary weight loss is associated with higher mortality. When this weight loss is unrecognized, opportunities for timely diagnosis of significant conditions may be missed. Objective:To use electronic health record (EH... see more
Glenda Wrenn,Fatima Kasiah,Irshad Syed
Background Integration of behavioural health into primary care clinics is an established model of care and important approach to eliminating mental health disparities, but demands on provider time is a barrier to mental health screening. The purpose of th... see more
Kalpana Maria Nair,Raheleh Malaeekeh,Inge Schabort,Paul Taenzer,Arun Radhakrishnan,Dale Guenter
Background Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) that are integrated into electronic medical records may be useful for encouraging practice change compliant with clinical practice guidelines.Objective To engage end users to inform early phase CDSS dev... see more
Teja Voruganti,Mary Ann O'Brien,Sharon E. Straus,John R. McLaughlin,Eva Grunfeld
Background Health risk assessment tools compute an individual’s risk of developing a disease. Routine use of such tools by primary care physicians (PCPs) is potentially useful in chronic disease prevention. We sought physicians’ awareness and perceptions ... see more
Damir Kralj,Josipa Kern,Stanko Tonkovic,Miroslav Koncar
Background Family medicine practices (FMPs) make the basis for the Croatian health care system. Use of electronic health record (EHR) software is mandatory and it plays an important role in running these practices, but important functional features still ... see more
Marie-Pierre Gagnon,Julie Payne-Gagnon,Claude Sicotte,Julie-Alexandra Langué-Dubé,Aude Motulsky
Background The use of medication is at the heart of primary care, but is also the cause for major health concerns. It is therefore important to examine the prescription of medication process.Objective This study identifies the barriers and facilitators pe... see more
Simon de Lusignan,Laura Crawford,Neil Munro
New forms of evidence are needed to complement evidence generated from randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Real-World Evidence (RWE) is a potential new form of evidence, but remains undefined.This paper sets to fill that gap by defining RWE as the output... see more