Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28606080›Full record

ArticleBMC medical informatics and decision making2017

The challenges of emerging HISs in bridging the communication gaps among physicians and nurses in China: an interview study.

Dong Wen, Xingting Zhang, Jie Wan, Jing Fu, Jianbo Lei

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dong WenPeking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden, Rd., Haidian District, 100191, Beijing, China.
Xingting ZhangPeking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden, Rd., Haidian District, 100191, Beijing, China.
Jie WanSchool of Nursing, Southwest Medical University, 319 Zhongshan Rd, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province, 646000, China.
Jing FuSchool of Nursing, Southwest Medical University, 319 Zhongshan Rd, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province, 646000, China.
Jianbo LeiCenter for Medical Informatics, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Rd., Haidian District, 100191, Beijing, China. jblei@hsc.pku.edu.cn.
Beijing Haidian Hospital · CNSouthwest Medical University · CNPeking University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo explore the current situation, existing problems and possible causes of said problems with regards to physician-nurse communication under an environment of increasingly widespread usage of Hospital Information Systems and to seek out new potential strategies in information technology to improve physician-nurse communication.

methodsSemi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 physicians and nurses in five leading tertiary grade A hospitals in Beijing, China (two physicians and two nurses in each hospital). The interviews primarily included three aspects comprising the current situation and problems of clinical physician-nurse communication, the application and problems of Hospital Information Systems, and assessments on the improvement of physician-nurse communication through the usage of information technology. The inductive conventional content analysis approach was employed.

results(1) Physicians and nurses are generally quite satisfied with the current situation of communication. However, the information needs of nurses are prone to being overlooked, and the communication methods are primarily synchronous communication such as face-to-face and phone communication. (2) Hospital Information Systems are gradually being used for physician-nurse communication; in the meantime, physicians and nurses face challenges with regards to the improvement of physician-nurse communication through the usage of information technology. Challenges differ based on the different stages of using the system and the different levels of understanding of physicians and nurses towards information technology. Their dissatisfaction mainly deals with system errors and the level of convenience in using the system. (3) In-depth interviews found that in general, physicians and nurses have a strong interest and trust in improving physician-nurse communication through appropriate information technology, e.g., communication methods such as information reminders for physicians and nurses through mobile devices and instant voice-to-text conversion methods.

conclusionsThere are objective risks in physician-nurse communication in Chinese hospitals, and clinical information systems lack solutions to the relevant problems. Developing a dedicated, mobile, quick and convenient module for physician-nurse communication within existing hospital information system with automatic reminders for important information that segregates between synchronous and asynchronous communication according to the different types of information could help improve physician-nurse communication.

Indexed as

CommunicationPhysician-Nurse RelationsAdultChinaFemaleHealth Services ResearchHospital Information SystemsHumansMaleMedical Staff, HospitalMiddle AgedNursing Staff, HospitalCommunication modelsHospital communication systemsInformation needsPhysician-nurse communication

Identifiers

PMID28606080
PMCPMC5469077
OpenAlexW2626242903

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.