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    "pk": 7611,
    "title": "English-based Pediatric Emergency Medicine Software Improves Physician Test Performance on Common Pediatric Emergencies: A Multicenter Study in Vietnam",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "Introduction\n: Global health agencies and the Vietnam Ministry of Health have identified pediatric emergency care and health information technology as high priority goals. Clinical decision support (CDS) software provides physicians with access to current literature to answer clinical queries, but there is limited impact data in developing countries. We hypothesized that Vietnamese physicians will demonstrate improved test performance on common pediatric emergencies using CDS technologies despite being in English.\nMethods\n: This multicenter, prospective, pretest-posttest study was conducted in 11 Vietnamese hospitals enrolled a convenience sample of physicians who attended an 80-minute software training on a pediatric CDS software (PEMSoft). Two multiple-choice exams (A, B) were administered before and after the session. Participants, who received Test A as a pretest, received Test B as a posttest, and vice versa. Participants used the CDS software for the posttest. The primary outcome measure was the mean percentage difference in physician scores between the pretest and posttest, as calculated by a paired, two-tailed t-test.\nResults\n: For the 203 participants, the mean pretest, posttest, and improvement scores were 37% (95% CI: 35-38%), 70% (95% CI: 68-72%), and 33% (95% CI: 30-36%), respectively, with p<0.0001. This represents an 89% improvement over baseline. Subgroup analysis of practice setting, clinical experience, and comfort level with written English and computers showed that all subgroups equivalently improved their test scores.\nConclusion\n: After brief training, Vietnamese physicians can effectively use an English-based CDS software based on improved performance on a written clinical exam. Given this rapid improvement, CDS technologies may serve as a transformative tool in resource-poor environments. [West J Emerg Med. 2013;14(5):471–476.]",
    "language": "en",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial  4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Emergency Medicine"
        },
        {
            "word": "pediatrics"
        },
        {
            "word": "Vietnam"
        },
        {
            "word": "international health"
        },
        {
            "word": "Medical Informatics"
        },
        {
            "word": "health information technology"
        },
        {
            "word": "clinical decision support"
        },
        {
            "word": "Health Science"
        },
        {
            "word": "education"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Education",
    "is_remote": true,
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    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Michelle",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Lin",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, California; KidsCareEverywhere",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Trevor",
            "middle_name": "N",
            "last_name": "Brooks",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, California",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Alex",
            "middle_name": "C",
            "last_name": "Miller",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "KidsCareEverywhere",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Jamie",
            "middle_name": "L",
            "last_name": "Sharp",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "KidsCareEverywhere",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Le",
            "middle_name": "Thanh",
            "last_name": "Hai",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "National Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi, Vietnam",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Tu",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Nguyen",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "National Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi, Vietnam",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Daniel",
            "middle_name": "R",
            "last_name": "Kievlan",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, California",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Robert",
            "middle_name": "M",
            "last_name": "Rodriguez",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, California",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Ronald",
            "middle_name": "A",
            "last_name": "Dieckmann",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, California; KidsCareEverywhere",
            "department": "None"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2012-11-15T01:07:30+01:00",
    "date_accepted": "2012-11-15T01:07:30+01:00",
    "date_published": "2013-09-15T09:00:00+02:00",
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