The Challenge of Integrating eHealth Into Health Care: Systematic Literature Review of the Donabedian Model of Structure, Process, and Outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health care organizations are increasingly working with eHealth. However, the integration of eHealth into regular health care is challenging. It requires organizations to change the way they work and their structure and care processes to be adapted to ensure that eHealth supports the attainment of the desired outcomes.

Objective

The aims of this study are to investigate whether there are identifiable indicators in the structure, process, and outcome categories that are related to the successful integration of eHealth in regular health care, as well as to investigate which indicators of structure and process are related to outcome indicators.

Methods

A systematic literature review was conducted using the Donabedian Structure-Process-Outcome (SPO) framework t

SUBMITTER: Tossaint-Schoenmakers R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8145079 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature