The impact of eHealth on the quality and safety of health care: a systematic overview.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is considerable international interest in exploiting the potential of digital solutions to enhance the quality and safety of health care. Implementations of transformative eHealth technologies are underway globally, often at very considerable cost. In order to assess the impact of eHealth solutions on the quality and safety of health care, and to inform policy decisions on eHealth deployments, we undertook a systematic review of systematic reviews assessing the effectiveness and consequences of various eHealth technologies on the quality and safety of care.

Methods and findings

We developed novel search strategies, conceptual maps of health care quality, safety, and eHealth interventions, and then systematically identified, scrutinised, and synthesised the s

SUBMITTER: Black AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3022523 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature