Publications by authors named "Altamiro Manuel Rodrigues da Costa Pereira"
The effect of a test ordering software intervention on the prescription of unnecessary laboratory tests - a randomized controlled trial.
Carlos Manuel Silva Martins Andreia Sofia da Costa Teixeira Luís Filipe Ribeiro de Azevedo Luísa Maria Barbosa Sá Paulo Alexandre Azevedo Pereira Santos Altamiro Manuel Rodrigues da Costa Pereira
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak
February 2017
Background: The way software for electronic health records and laboratory tests ordering systems are designed may influence physicians' prescription. A randomised controlled trial was performed to measure the impact of a diagnostic and laboratory tests ordering system software modification.
Methods: Participants were family physicians working and prescribing diagnostic and laboratory tests.