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Table 1 Ordered tasks and activities in this study

From: From assessment to improvement of elderly care in general practice using decision support to increase adherence to ACOVE quality indicators: study protocol for randomized control trial

Tasks

Activities

Prioritization

1. Distribute brief questionnaires among 10 general practitioners (GPs) to select relevant quality indicators (QIs) out of 81 QIs

2. Discuss result of phase 1 and disagreements in a focus group

3. Distribute detailed questionnaires among end-users to select clinical rules (CRs) from those in phase 1

Design and implementation of clinical decision support system (CDSS)

4. Design triggering points in the GP’s electronic medical record

5. Design CDSS for selected CRs in CR engine

6. Implement and test CDSS in elecronic medical record

Measuring baseline

7. Start gathering the data for selected verifiable CRs and measure baseline before activating the CDSS

Starting the trial

8. Randomize and pilot CDSS with two users and gather reasons for non adherence

9. Tune the CDSS based on phase 8 and start randomized controlled trial