Protocol for a scoping review to understand how interorganisational electronic health records affect hospital physician and pharmacist decisions.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patient records are often fragmented across organisations and departments in UK health and care services, often due to substandard information technology. However, although government policy in the UK and internationally is strongly pushing 'digital transformation', the evidence for the positive impact of electronic information systems on cost, quality and safety of healthcare is far from clear. In particular, the mechanisms by which information availability is translated into better decision-making are not well understood. We do not know when a full interorganisational record is more useful than a key information summary or an institutional record. In this paper, we describe our scoping review of how interorganisational electronic health records affect decision-making

SUBMITTER: Scott P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6340433 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature