Why Do Clinicians Not Refer Patients to Online Decision Support Tools? Interviews with Front Line Clinics in the NHS


 
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English

Authors:

Elwyn G, Rix A, Holt T, Jones D

Series/Journal Title:

BMJ Open

Volume:

2

Issue:

6

Description:

This study assessed whether clinical teams would direct patients to use web-based patient decision support interventions and whether patients would use them. The authors found that existing evidence of patient benefit and the free availability of patient decision support tools via the web are not sufficient drivers to achieve routine use, and the most significant obstacles to referral to the tools were the attitudes of clinicians and clinical teams. [adapted from abstract]

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