Barriers and facilitators of health professionals in adopting digital health-related tools for medication appropriateness: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Digital health is described as the use and development of all types of digital technologies to improve health outcomes. It could be used to prevent medication errors, a priority for health systems worldwide. However, the adoption of such tools remains slow. This study aims to identify factors (attitudes, knowledge and beliefs) acting as barriers and/or facilitators reported by healthcare professionals (HCPs) for the adoption of digital health-related tools for medication appropriateness.

Methods

A systematic review was performed by searching the literature in the MEDLINE PubMed, and EMBASE scientific databases for original articles regarding qualitative and quantitative data.

Results

Fifteen articles were included and a total of 125 barriers and 108 facilita

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10798074 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature