Electronic Health Record Interventions to Reduce Risk of Hospital Readmissions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hospital readmissions are associated with significant health care costs and poor patient outcomes. Despite the rapid adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems, the use of EHR-based interventions to reduce the risk of hospital readmissions is unknown.

Objective

To systematically review and estimate the association of EHR-based interventions vs controls with preventing 30-day all-cause hospital readmissions as tested in randomized clinical trials (RCTs).

Data sources

Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid Embase, CINAHL, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched from database inception to July 5, 2024, using text words with analogous terms within concept areas of "randomized controlled trial," "hospitalized adults," and "re

SUBMITTER: Pattar BSB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12272288 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature