COMPETE III

Dr. Anne Holbrook

Computerization Of Medical Practice for the Enhancement of Therapeutic  Effectiveness

COMPETE is the original electronic health research group in Canada and has the largest experience with implementation and evaluation of electronic decision support for patients and providers in the country. COMPETE Ι focused on successful implementation of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) in small, community-based primary care offices. COMPETE ΙΙ developed a decision support tool (CII Diabetes Tracker) for the high priority and costly chronic disease, diabetes, then tested it combined with automated telephone reminders, in a large randomized trial. The results analysis is near completion.

COMPETE ΙΙΙ is building on what has already been done in COMPETE I and II. This new stage of investigation has been broadened to vascular risk, - diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, previous heart attack or stroke. The electronic health care network has also been expanded beyond patients and primary care providers to include specialists and clinical care coordinators. The focus is to optimize patient-clinician interactions with the support of the technology to enhance the quality, safety and efficiency of care. The trial will also examine the effect of motivational strategies to change patient and clinician behaviour as well as cost-effectiveness.

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