Electronic health record nested pragmatic randomized controlled trial of a reminder system for serum lithium level monitoring in patients with mood disorder: KONOTORI study protocol

Abstract Background The weaknesses of classical explanatory randomized controlled trials (RCTs) include limited generalizability, high cost, and time burden. Pragmatic RCTs nested within electronic health records (EHRs) can be useful to overcome such limitations. Serum lithium monitoring has often b...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tomotsugu Seki, Morio Aki, Hirotsugu Kawashima, Tomotaka Miki, Shiro Tanaka, Koji Kawakami, Toshi A. Furukawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3847-9