Impact of electronic health records on predefined safety outcomes in patients admitted to hospital: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Review available evidence for impact of electronic health records (EHRs) on predefined patient safety outcomes in interventional studies to identify gaps in current knowledge and design interventions for future research.

Design

Scoping review to map existing evidence and identify gaps for future research.

Data sources

PubMed, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Trial registers.

Study selection

Eligibility criteria: We conducted a scoping review of bibliographic databases and the grey literature of randomised and non-randomised trials describing interventions targeting a list of fourteen predefined areas of safety. The search was limited to manuscripts published between January 2008 and December 2018 of studies in adult inpatient settings and complemented b

SUBMITTER: Subbe CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7812113 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature