Computer reminders improve on-time immunization rates.
Computer reminders improve on-time immunization rates.
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计算机提醒提高了按时免疫率。
DOI:
10.1097/00005650-199610003-00005
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发表时间:
1996
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影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
Ghadiri,A
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作者:
Alemi,F;Alemagno,SA;Goldhagen,J;Ash,L;Finkelstein,B;Lavin,A;Butts,J;Ghadiri,A
OBJECTIVESThis study examines the effectiveness of computer-generated telephone reminders in improving infants receiving on-time immunizations. A computer called parents at home, reminded them of their child's visit, and asked if they could keep the appointment. If parents either canceled or failed to honor the appointment, the computer called back a few days later and asked them to reschedule.METHODSA medical assistant recruited 124 consecutive mothers to receive automated computer reminders. These mothers' infants were younger than 6 months, were being seen at an outpatient clinic for a first visit, and were patients of three attending physicians and three nurse practitioners. These infants were compared to 89 infants from the same clinic, in the same age range, who were being seen for the first time during the same period by the same providers but not contacted by the medical assistant. Subjects were selected from mothers who brought their infants for their first visit in an outpatient urban clinic that serves predominantly minority clients. A research assistant reviewed patients' medical records and collected the infants' birthday, mothers' age, race, source of payments, and the immunization record of the infants. Immunization was considered to be late if, at the time of the first visit, it was more than 30 days past due for any of the recommended immunizations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, except for Hepatitis B vaccine which was not recommended at the time of the study. The dependent variable was on-time immunization. The independent variables were age of the mother at baseline, age of the child at baseline, and membership in either the comparison or the experimental group. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were used to analyze the data.RESULTSThe participation rate for appointments for the experimental group was 82%, as compared to a 69% overall participation rate for the clinic providers. The on-time immunization rate for experimental subjects was 67.8%, whereas the comparison group had an on-time immunization rate of 43.4%(differences were significant at alpha levels less than 0.01).CONCLUSIONSComputerized reminders sent to the parents led to an increase in participation rate at the clinic and an increase in on-time immunization for their infants.
DOI:
10.1001/jama.1993.03500140069038
发表时间:
1993
期刊:
JAMA
影响因子:
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作者:
R. Bernier;V. Dietz;A. Lyons;H. L. McKnight;J. H. Mullen;D. O'mara;K. Bender;C. Broome;A. Cary;V. Caserta;K. Fessler;F. Guerra;E. Gursky;V. Hutchins;Samuel E. Katz;Janet C. Lenart;D. P. Leong;J. Lewin;E. Marcuse;M. McGuire;Freda Mitchem;E. Mortimer;K. Mountain;Paul W. Nannis;R. Nelson;A. Nora;C. Nye;T. Schlenker;J. Strain;D. Stevens;P. Stubbs;F. Thompson;Ronald C. Van Buren;K. Bart;R. Bernier;W. Orenstein
通讯作者:
W. Orenstein
DOI:
10.1001/archpedi.1995.02170210076013
发表时间:
1995-08-01
影响因子:
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作者:
DINI, EF;LINKINS, RW;CHANEY, M
通讯作者:
CHANEY, M
DOI:
10.1001/archpedi.1994.02170090022002
发表时间:
1994-09-01
影响因子:
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作者:
LINKINS, RW;DINI, EF;PATRIARCA, PA
通讯作者:
PATRIARCA, PA