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ArticleSystematic reviews2019

Evaluation of interventions to improve electronic health record documentation within the inpatient setting: a protocol for a systematic review.

Lucia Otero Varela, Natalie Wiebe, Daniel J Niven, Paul E Ronksley, Nicolas Iragorri, Helen Lee Robertson, Hude Quan

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Article in Systematic reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lucia Otero VarelaDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3rd Floor TRW Building, 3280 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada. lucia.oterovarela@ucalgary.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-4406-6314
Natalie WiebeDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3rd Floor TRW Building, 3280 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Daniel J NivenDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3rd Floor TRW Building, 3280 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Paul E RonksleyDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3rd Floor TRW Building, 3280 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Nicolas IragorriDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3rd Floor TRW Building, 3280 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Helen Lee RobertsonHealth Sciences Library, Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Hude QuanDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3rd Floor TRW Building, 3280 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundElectronic health records (EHRs) are increasing in popularity across national and international healthcare systems. Despite their augmented availability and use, the quality of electronic health records is problematic. There are various reasons for poor documentation quality within the EHR, and efforts have been made to address these areas. Previous systematic reviews have assessed intervention effectiveness within the outpatient setting or within paper documentation. This systematic review aims to assess the effectiveness of different interventions seeking to improve EHR documentation within an inpatient setting.

methodsWe will employ a comprehensive search strategy that encompasses four distinct themes: EHR, documentation, interventions, and study design. Four databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL, and CINAHL) will be searched along with an in-depth examination of the grey literature and reference lists of relevant articles. A customized hybrid study quality assessment tool has been designed, integrating components of the Downs and Black and Newcastle-Ottawa Scales, into a REDCap data capture form to facilitate data extraction and analysis. Given the predicted high heterogeneity between studies, it may not be possible to standardize data for a quantitative comparison and meta-analysis. Thus, data will be synthesized in a narrative, semi-quantitative manner. DISCUSSION: This review will summarize the current level of evidence on the effectiveness of interventions implemented to improve inpatient EHR documentation, which could ultimately enhance data quality in administrative health databases. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42017083494.

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Quality ImprovementDocumentationElectronic Health RecordsHospitalizationHospitalsHumansProgram EvaluationResearch DesignSystematic Reviews as TopicDocumentationElectronic health recordsInpatientInterventionQuality improvementSystematic review protocol

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PMID30760323
PMCPMC6373133

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