Journal of general internal medicine
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Review Meta Analysis
Changing clinical practice through patient specific reminders available at the time of the clinical encounter: systematic review and meta-analysis.
To synthesise current evidence for the influence on clinical behaviour of patient-specific electronically generated reminders available at the time of the clinical encounter. ⋯ The analysis suggests a moderate effect of electronically generated, individually tailored reminders on clinician behaviour during the clinical encounter. Future research should concentrate on identifying the features of reminder interventions most likely to result in the target behaviour.