SynthesisApplied clinical informatics2022
The Effect of the Electronic Health Record on Interprofessional Practice: A Systematic Review.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Electronic health records: managerial insights from an umbrella review.BMC health services research · 2026Pooled it
- The Impact of Digital Hospitals on Patient and Clinician Experience: Systematic Review and Qualitative Evidence Synthesis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- A Digital Registry and Education Network for Child Maltreatment Protection: Protocol for a Pilot Observational Exploratory Intervention Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Observational
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- Nurses' digital competency and task performance in Saudi healthcare settings: the mediating role of work engagement within the job demands-resources (JD-R) model.BMC medical education · 2026Observational
- Barriers and Facilitators to Electronic Health Record Documentation Compliance in Multidisciplinary Hospital Settings: A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Review
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- 'Making the System Work': A Multi-Site Qualitative Study of Dietitians' Use of iEMR to Support Nutrition Care Transitions for Older Adults with Malnutrition.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Developing a maturity-level model for interprofessional collaboration in elective surgery preparation.Narra J · 2025Article
- STASISM: A Versatile Serious Gaming Multi-Sensor Platform for Personalized Telerehabilitation and Telemonitoring.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Understanding the Digital Disruption of Health Care: An Ethnographic Study of Real-Time Multidisciplinary Clinical Behavior in a New Digital Hospital.Applied clinical informatics · 2022Article
- The Role of CODA and GPR Programs on Comprehensive Oral Health Care for Persons With Disabilities.Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric DentistryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundInterprofessional practice and teamwork are critical components to patient care in a complex hospital environment. The implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) in the hospital environment has brought major change to clinical practice for clinicians which could impact interprofessional practice.
objectivesThe aim of the study is to identify, describe, and evaluate studies on the effect of an EHR or modification/enhancement to an EHR on interprofessional practice in a hospital setting.
methodsSeven databases were searched including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, Cochrane, EMBASE, and ACM Digital Library until November 2021. Subject heading and title/abstract searches were undertaken for three search concepts: "interprofessional" and "electronic health records" and "hospital, personnel." No date limits were applied. The search generated 5,400 publications and after duplicates were removed, 3,255 remained for title/abstract screening. Seventeen studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in this review. Risk of bias was quantified using the Quality Assessment Tool for Studies with Diverse Designs. A narrative synthesis of the findings was completed based on type of intervention and outcome measures which included: communication, coordination, collaboration, and teamwork.
resultsThe majority of publications were observational studies and of low research quality. Most studies reported on outcomes of communication and coordination, with few studies investigating collaboration or teamwork. Studies investigating the EHR demonstrated mostly negative or no effects on interprofessional practice (23/31 outcomes; 74%) in comparison to studies investigating EHR enhancements which showed more positive results (20/28 outcomes; 71%). Common concepts identified throughout the studies demonstrated mixed results: sharing of information, visibility of information, closed-loop feedback, decision support, and workflow disruption.
conclusionThere were mixed effects of the EHR and EHR enhancements on all outcomes of interprofessional practice, however, EHR enhancements demonstrated more positive effects than the EHR alone. Few EHR studies investigated the effect on teamwork and collaboration.
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