Pragmatic randomised trials using routine electronic health records: putting them to the test

BMJ. 2012 Feb 7:344:e55. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e55.

Abstract

What to prescribe for a patient in general practice when the choice of treatments has a limited evidence base? Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa and colleagues argue that using electronic health records to enter patients into randomised trials of treatments in real time could provide the answer

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Electronic Health Records*
  • Humans
  • Patient Selection*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / methods*
  • United Kingdom