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Family Practice Advance Access published online on March 16, 2005
Family Practice, doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi005
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© The Author (2005). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Received July 14, 2004
Accepted December 30, 2004

Article

Mandatory computer field for blood pressure measurement improves screening

A. D. Heymann 1, I. Hoch 2*, L. Valinsky 2, V. Shalev 2, H. Silber 2, and E. Kokia 3

1 Maccabi Healthcare Services, 27 Hamered St., Tel Aviv, Israel; Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
2 Maccabi Healthcare Services, 27 Hamered St., Tel Aviv, Israel
3 Maccabi Healthcare Services, 27 Hamered St., Tel Aviv, Israel; Ben-Gurion University, Faculty of Medicine, Beer-Sheva, Israel

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
I. Hoch, E-mail: hoch{at}saad.org.il


  Abstract

Methods. We evaluated the effectiveness of a compulsory data field in a computerized medical record (CMR) in improving blood pressure (BP) screening.

Results. The proportion of study patients who had their BP measured increased from 40.6% to 58.5% (P < 0.001) after the intervention. After adjusting for age, gender and number of visits, patients were 73% more likely to have their BP recorded after the introduction of the compulsory field.

Keywords: Compulsory data field screening; computer-generated alerts; hypertension; primary care.
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