PRM42 Patient Preferences for Reminders in Clinical Trials: Improving Both Compliance and Patient Experience

Patient preferences and randomised clinical trials.

Patient compliance in medical practice and clinical trials.

Improving Patient Compliance in Orthodontic Practice

Patient noncompliance is a limiting factor in the conversion of accurate orthodontic treatment plans to excellent treatment results. Patient compliance depends on the duration, frequency, and complexity of the required behaviors. Because orthodontic treatment generally extends over a period of 12 to 36 months, compliance levels have to be sustained over this period of time. Past research has fo...

Patient-centered clinical trials.

We apply Bayesian decision analysis (BDA) to incorporate patient preferences in the regulatory approval process for new therapies. By assigning weights to type I and type II errors based on patient preferences, the significance level (α) and power (1-β) of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) for a new therapy can be optimized to maximize the value to current and future patients and, consequently,...

Patient-specific Computerized Outpatient Reminders to Improve Physician Compliance with Clinical Guidelines

Methods Using existing well-accepted evidence-based national clinical guidelines, a multidisciplinary team created 16 specific reminders within 4 clinical categories: (1) diabetes care (eye exams, HbA1C and cholesterol studies, nursing education visits); (2) therapeutic recommendations (ACE-inhibitor (ACEI) use in diabetic hypertensives; aspirin, beta-blocker, and statin use in patients with co...