Hospital doctors’ attitudes to brief educational messages that aim to modify diagnostic test requests: a qualitative study

Hospital doctors’ attitudes to brief educational messages that aim to modify diagnostic test requests: a qualitative study

Abstract Background Avoidable use of diagnostic tests can both harm patients and increase the cost of healthcare. Nudge-type educational interventions have potential to modify clinician behaviour while respecting clinical autonomy and responsibility, but there is little evidence how this approach ma...

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Main Authors: Ben Young, Andrew W. Fogarty, Rob Skelly, Dominick Shaw, Nigel Sturrock, Mark Norwood, Peter Thurley, Sarah Lewis, Tessa Langley, Jo Cranwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Subjects:
Unnecessary testing
Computed tomography
Behavioural economics
Doctor decision-making
Intervention acceptability
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-020-1087-2

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