"Randomised trial of general practitioner online education for prescrib" by Andrew Bonney, Conrad Kobel et al.
Introduction Potentially inappropriate medicine prescriptions and low-value diagnostic testing pose risks to patient safety and increases in health system costs. The aim of the Clinical and Healthcare Improvement through My Health Record usage and Education in General Practice study was to evaluate a scalable online quality improvement intervention, integrating online education regarding a national shared electronic health record and rational prescribing, pathology and imaging ordering by Australian general practitioners (GPs). Methods The study was a parallel three-arm randomised trial compri...