Networked information technologies and patient safety: a protocol for a realist synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a widespread belief that information technologies will improve diagnosis, treatment and care. Evidence about their effectiveness in health care is, however, mixed. It is not clear why this is the case, given the remarkable advances in hardware and software over the last 20 years. This review focuses on interoperable information technologies, which governments are currently advocating and funding. These link organisations across a health economy, with a view to enabling health and care professionals to coordinate their work with one another and to access patient data wherever it is stored. Given the mixed evidence about information technologies in general, and current policies and funding, there is a need to establish the value of investments in this class of sys

SUBMITTER: Keen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6896666 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature