Evaluation of interventions to improve inpatient hospital documentation within electronic health records: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite the widespread and increasing use of electronic health records (EHRs), the quality of EHRs is problematic. Efforts have been made to address reasons for poor EHR documentation quality. Previous systematic reviews have assessed intervention effectiveness within the outpatient setting or paper documentation. The purpose of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of interventions seeking to improve EHR documentation within an inpatient setting.

Materials and methods

A search strategy was developed based on elaborated inclusion/exclusion criteria. Four databases, gray literature, and reference lists were searched. A REDCap data capture form was used for data extraction, and study quality was assessed using a customized tool. Data were analyzed an

SUBMITTER: Wiebe N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7647244 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature