A systematic review of the effects of implementing clinical pathways supported by health information technologies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Health information technology (HIT) interventions include electronic patient records, prescribing, and ordering systems. Clinical pathways are multidisciplinary plans of care that enable the delivery of evidence-based healthcare. Our objective was to systematically review the effects of implementing HIT-supported clinical pathways.

Materials and methods

A systematic review protocol was developed including Medline, Embase, and CENTRAL database searches. We recorded data relating to study design, participants, intervention, and outcome characteristics and formally assessed risk of bias.

Results

Forty-four studies involving more than 270 000 patients were included. Investigation methodologies included before-after (n = 16, 36.4%), noncomparative (n = 14, 31.8%)

SUBMITTER: Neame MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7647175 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature