A systematic review of electronic audit and feedback: intervention effectiveness and use of behaviour change theory.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Audit and feedback is a common intervention for supporting clinical behaviour change. Increasingly, health data are available in electronic format. Yet, little is known regarding if and how electronic audit and feedback (e-A&F) improves quality of care in practice.

Objective

The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of e-A&F interventions in a primary care and hospital context and to identify theoretical mechanisms of behaviour change underlying these interventions.

Methods

In August 2016, we searched five electronic databases, including MEDLINE and EMBASE via Ovid, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for published randomised controlled trials. We included studies that evaluated e-A&F interventions, defined as a summary of clinical perf

SUBMITTER: Tuti T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5427645 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature