The aim of the GP-PROMPT Study was to prevent cardiovascular and renal complications in patients with type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria. At the time there was no routine way for GPs and practice nurses to review all the risk factors that they need to consider during consultations with this patient cohort.
The effects of using an electronic "prompt" with a treatment algorithm to support a treat-to-target approach had not been tested in primary care prior to this study. The objective was to test a system alert/ template that brought together all relevant factors and alerted the healthcare professional when a patient had a high risk of heart and kidney disease.
The alert encouraged the healthcare professional to treat blood pressure, HbA1c and total cholesterol to target.
PRIMIS experts developed the software and facilitated the reporting of outcomes data to the research team.
This project involves the following PRIMIS services:
Leicester Diabetes Centre - research projects
Applied Health Research Building University Park University of Nottingham Nottingham, NG7 2RD