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J Am Med Inform Assoc 13:418-427 doi:10.1197/jamia.M2039
  • The Practice of Informatics

Biomedical Informatics Applications for Asthma Care: A Systematic Review

Table 2

Results from 21 Prospective Trials. Ordered by Clinical Domain and Year of Publication

Reference Number Description Clinical Domain a Outcome b Evaluation Score c Study Effect d Sample Size Clinical Setting System Users Patient Population
30 Assessment of a patient survey to detect asthma DD N 5 + 36 Outpatient Patients Adult
47 Impact of an asthma education program MP C 6 + 801 Outpatient Patients Adult
52 Reminder system for vaccination of asthmatics MP C 4 + 925 Outpatient Patients Pediatric
55 Internet-based video system for asthma care MP C 8 − 10 Home Patients Pediatric
59 CAI for trigger avoidance (dust mites) PE N 8 + 52 Outpatient Patients Adult
60 CAI for trigger avoidance (dust mites) PE N 8 + 52 Outpatient Patients Adult
61 CAI for asthma education PE C 3 + 33 Outpatient Patients Adult
62 Multimedia game for asthma education PE C 6 + 171 Outpatient Patients Pediatric
64 Interactive educational computer program PE C 6 − 137 Outpatient Patients Pediatric
67 CAI program for asthma education PE N 7 + 76 Outpatient Patients Pediatric
68 Multimedia program for asthma education PE N 4 + 31 Outpatient Patients Pediatric
69 CAI game for improving asthma symptoms PE C 6 − 101 Outpatient Patients Pediatric
70 Multimedia program for asthma education PE C 8 + 228 Outpatient Patients Pediatric
72 Computerized guidelines for aminophylline dosing TG C 8 − 67 ED Providers Adult
73 Computer-assisted aminophylline dosing TG C 6 + 89 ED Providers Any
74 Reminder system for vaccination of asthmatics TG C 8 + 124 Outpatient Patients Pediatric
81 Evaluation of an internet CDSS systems TG N 7 + 27 Outpatient Providers Any
82 Computerized templates for asthmatic care TG N 6 − 279 Outpatient Providers Any
84 Asthma care CDSS on handheld computers TG C 7 − 11 Outpatient Providers Pediatric
85 Evaluation of a CDSS for asthma care TG N 8 + 477 Outpatient Providers Unspecified
87 Computerized guidelines for outpatient asthma care TG C 10 − 2230 Outpatient Providers Unspecified

  • ↵a DD: Detection or Diagnosis; MP: Monitoring or Prevention; PE: Patient Education; TG: Therapy or Guidelines.

  • ↵b C: Clinical health related patient outcome; N: Non-health related outcome.

  • ↵c Range = 0–10. From ref. (21).

  • ↵d Presence or absence of a statistically significant improvement in the intervention group for the measured primary outcome.

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