SynthesisJournal of medical systems2012
Systematic review of factors influencing the adoption of information and communication technologies by healthcare professionals.
Synthesis in Journal of medical systems, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 256 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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Who cites it
256 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 645 citations in OpenAlex.
- Utilization of Information Communication Technology and Its Associated Factors Among Healthcare Professionals: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, in the Resource-Limited Setting.BioMed research international · 2026Pooled it
- Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing AI in Routine Medical Imaging: Systematic Review and Qualitative Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Implementation of mHealth to support cancer diagnosis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The global effect of digital health technologies on health workers' competencies and health workplace: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and lexical-based and sentence-based meta-analysis.The Lancet. Digital health · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy of Short Message Service Text Messaging Interventions for Postoperative Pain Management: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Pooled it
- Web-Based Apps for Responding to Acute Infectious Disease Outbreaks in the Community: Systematic Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2021Pooled it
- Indicators of home-based hospitalization model and strategies for its implementation: a systematic review of reviews.Systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Understanding Clinicians' Adoption of Mobile Health Tools: A Qualitative Review of the Most Used Frameworks.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Pooled it
- Social, Organizational, and Technological Factors Impacting Clinicians' Adoption of Mobile Health Tools: Systematic Literature Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Pooled it
- Barriers and Facilitators That Influence Telemedicine-Based, Real-Time, Online Consultation at Patients' Homes: Systematic Literature Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Technology Acceptance Model in Health Informatics.Applied clinical informatics · 2018Pooled it
- Meausures of organizational characteristics associated with adoption and/or implementation of innovations: A systematic review.BMC health services research · 2017Pooled it
- Collaborative writing applications in healthcare: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Nursing Care: Results of an Overview of Systematic Reviews.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- Factors that influence the implementation of e-health: a systematic review of systematic reviews (an update).Implementation science : IS · 2016Pooled it
- Tele-ophthalmology-enabled and artificial intelligence-ready referral pathway for community optometry referrals of retinal disease: HERMES cluster randomised trial with a diagnostic accuracy study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Trial
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- Continuous Monitoring of Vital Signs in the General Ward Using Wearable Devices: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Supporting professionals to talk about remission with people with type 2 diabetes: Using multi-methods to develop a communication guidance resource.PEC innovation · 2026Article
- Web-Based Physiotherapy Resources for Bronchiectasis: Evaluation of Content, Quality, and Implementation Evidence.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026Article
196 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
This systematic review of mixed methods studies focuses on factors that can facilitate or limit the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in clinical settings. Systematic searches of relevant bibliographic databases identified studies about interventions promoting ICT adoption by healthcare professionals. Content analysis was performed by two reviewers using a specific grid. One hundred and one (101) studies were included in the review. Perception of the benefits of the innovation (system usefulness) was the most common facilitating factor, followed by ease of use. Issues regarding design, technical concerns, familiarity with ICT, and time were the most frequent limiting factors identified. Our results suggest strategies that could effectively promote the successful adoption of ICT in healthcare professional practices.
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