Change was measured by obtaining number of literature requests by healthcare providers.

Data entered into the EMR was saved in a firewall-protected server to be used in the study.

Participants were also contacted by phone for an interview.

Participants were emailed an online questionnaire after every incident of use of the KnowledgeLink feature along with a more extensive questionnaire at the end of the study.

Data on use was collected by analysing search logs or through patient consent.

Reminders were triggered automatically on use.

The EMR system was used to calculate the number of reminders triggered.

Primary healthcare practices submitted the EMR data electronically on a quarterly basis to the Practice Partner Net.

Data were then used to measure the use of the Health Maintenance Template.

Measured through access to EMR records and Tobacco Treatment Coordinator centres.

The rate of patients tested was calculated by dividing the number of patients that visit the primary healthcare centres by the number of patients tested per year.

Preintervention data were collected by retrospectively reviewing patient records, while post intervention data were collected through a chart review of the patients with asthma seen by residents.