The effect of electronic audits and feedback in primary care and factors that contribute to their effectiveness: a systematic review.

Purpose: The aim of this systematic review was (i) to assess whether electronic audit and feedback (A&F) is effective in primary care and (ii) to evaluate important features concerning content and delivery of the feedback in primary care, including the use of benchmarks, the frequency of feedback, the cognitive load of feedback and the evidence-based aspects of the feedback.

Data Sources: The MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and CENTRAL databases were searched for articles published since 2010 by replicating the search strategy used in the last Cochrane review on A&F.

Study Selection: Two independent reviewers assessed the records for their eligibility, performed the data extraction and evaluated the risk of bias.

Epidemiology of knee osteoarthritis in general practice: a registry-based study.

Objectives: The present study investigated (1) trends in the prevalence and incidence of knee osteoarthritis over a 20-year period (1996-2015); (2) trends in multimorbidity and (3) trends in drug prescriptions.

Design: Registry-based study.

Setting: Primary healthcare, Flanders, Belgium.

Quality of Care for Knee Osteoarthritis in Primary Care: A Patient's Perspective.

Objective: To describe the quality of osteoarthritis care in general practice from a patient's perspective and to identify novel associations between process quality indicators and patient-reported outcome and experience measures.

Methods: For this study, 235 individuals with knee osteoarthritis completed a survey based on both process and outcome indicators. Process indicators were extracted from international guidelines and included the domains: diagnosis, self-management, treatment, and follow-up.

Educational outreach visits to improve knee osteoarthritis management in primary care.

Background: Knee osteoarthritis is a common problem, but often underdiagnosed and undertreated in primary care as compared to evidence-based guidelines. Educational outreach visits are an effective strategy to improve guideline adherence, but its contribution to knee osteoarthritis management is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the overall effectiveness of educational outreach visits on process quality indicators for knee osteoarthritis management, more specifically on the referral for physical therapy.

A systematic review of trials evaluating success factors of interventions with computerised clinical decision support.

Background: Computerised clinical decision support (CDS) can potentially better inform decisions, and it can help with the management of information overload. It is perceived to be a key component of a learning health care system. Despite its increasing implementation worldwide, it remains uncertain why the effect of CDS varies and which factors make CDS more effective.