Clinical decision support systems for maternity care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) is increasing throughout healthcare and may be able to improve safety and outcomes in maternity care, but maternity care has key differences to other disciplines that complicate the use of CDSS. We aimed to identify evaluated CDSS and synthesise evidence of their impact on maternity care.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review for articles published before 24th May 2024 that described i) CDSS that ii) investigated the impact of their use iii) in maternity settings. Medline, CINAHL, CENTRAL and HMIC were searched for articles relating to evaluations of CDSS in maternity settings, with forward- and backward-citation tracing conducted for included articles. Risk of bias was assessed using the Mixed Methods Assessm

SUBMITTER: Cockburn N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11408819 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature