A descriptive feast but an evaluative famine: systematic review of published articles on primary care computing during 1980-97.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To appraise findings from studies examining the impact of computers on primary care consultations.

Design

Systematic review of world literature from 1980 to 1997.

Data sources

5475 references were identified from electronic databases (Medline, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Index of Scientific and Technical Proceedings, Embase, OCLC FirstSearch Proceedings), bibliographies, books, identified articles, and by authors active in the field. 1892 eligible abstracts were independently rated, and 89 studies met the inclusion criteria.

Main outcome measures

Effect on doctors' performance and patient outcomes; attitudes towards computerisation.

Results

61 studies examined effects of computers on practitioners' performance, 17 e

SUBMITTER: Mitchell E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC26582 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature