The Role of Health Technologies in Multicomponent Primary Care Interventions: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several countries around the world have implemented multicomponent interventions to enhance primary care, as a way of strengthening their health systems to cope with an aging chronically ill population and rising costs. Some of these efforts have included technology-based enhancements as one of the features to support the overall intervention, but their details and impacts have not been explored.

Objective

This study aimed to identify the role of digital/health technologies within wider multifeature interventions that are aimed at enhancing primary care, and to describe their aims and stakeholders, types of technologies used, and potential impacts.

Methods

A systematic review was performed following Cochrane guidelines. An electronic search, conducted on Ma

SUBMITTER: Jimenez G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7834942 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature