: It seems that computers have a favourable effect on the uptake and follow up of patients in hypertension management .
STUDY OBJECTIVE : To assess the effect of computers and computer-based clinical decision support systems on the  management of hypertension .
Treatment of hypertension by computer and physician-a prospective controlled study.
Abstract One hundred and sixteen patients with hypertension were allocated r and omly to treatment by a computer program or by physicians . All were under the care of physicians in one of two hypertension clinics , but for computer treated patients ( C ) the program provided physicians with treatment recommendations which they were free to follow or reject whereas no recommendations were made for physician treated patients ( P ) . The computer program could use thiazide , alphamethyldopa , hydralazine or quanethidine ; physicians used whatever drugs they wished . Blood pressure ( BP ) response was similar for both groups , as were drug side effects and overt non-compliance with treatment . A computer program such as this one could guide allied health workers in setting s where expert physicians are scarce , improving large scale treatment of hypertension
: It seems that computers have a favourable effect on the uptake and follow up of patients in hypertension management .
STUDY OBJECTIVE : To assess the effect of computers and computer-based clinical decision support systems on the  management of hypertension .