SynthesisJournal of nursing management2024
Digital Competence among Healthcare Leaders: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Data Analytics and Administrative Decision-Making in Nursing Management: A Systematic Review.Journal of nursing management · 2025Pooled it
- Digital Competence among Healthcare Leaders: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Journal of nursing management · 2024Pooled it
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- The effect of perceived organizational support on innovative behavior among nurses: a parallel mediation model of digital competence and work thriving.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Digital Transformational Leadership and Coordinated Care in European Primary Healthcare: The Mediating Role of Patient Agility.Journal of healthcare leadership · 2026Article
- The Work Behind the Work: Logistical-Administrative Workload, Health Technology Satisfaction and Missed Nursing Care Among Belgian Hospital Nurses.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Health care management in Africa: a debate for future research and agenda.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Clinical Nurses' Perceptions of Digital Nursing Technology: A Qualitative Analysis Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB).Nursing open · 2025Article
- Health and social care professionals' expectations for e-leadership in the digital transformation: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Unlocking the Determinants of Digital and Technological Self-Efficacy: Insights from a Cross-Sectional Study Among Nurses and Nursing Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Beyond carrots and sticks. Exploring faculty motivation to join a digital health professions educator program.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Develop and Psychometric Testing an Instrument to Evaluate the Management of Digital Competence Sharing in Healthcare.Journal of nursing management · 2025Article
- Measuring Managerial, Collegial, and Organizational Aspects Associated With Digital Health Competence in Healthcare Professionals: Validation of the Chinese Version of the DigiComInf Instrument.Journal of nursing management · 2025Article
- Nursing Leadership for Digital NICU Transformation: A Systematic Review of Strategies, Digital Health Integration, and Outcomes in High-Risk Neonates.SAGE open nursingReview
- Technology's Impact on Nurse Manager Practices.Nursing administration quarterlyArticle
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Abstract
Background: New evidence on the digital competencies of healthcare leaders can provide essential knowledge for building training for the leaders to ensure high-quality patient care. Objective: The aim of this mixed-methods systematic review was to identify the current best evidence from qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies on healthcare leaders' digital competence experiences and perceptions and factors associated with it. Methods: A mixed-methods systematic review was conducted following the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines for mixed-methods systematic reviews by including original qualitative and quantitative observational studies and mixed-methods studies published in English or Finnish between January 2012 and January 2024. The studies were retrieved from four databases (CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus, and Medic). In total, 4470 articles were screened, 122 were eligible for full-text screening, and 19 articles were included in the review according to the established inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: The synthesis of qualitative data identified five main categories that describe healthcare leaders' experiences with digital competencies: (1) the need for developing leader's own, professionals', and patients' competence in the digitalisation of healthcare, (2) the need for expertise in the health IT implementation process, (3) positive perceptions towards technology, (4) negative perceptions towards technology, and (5) ability to act as an advocate to implement technology into practice. Data from the selected quantitative studies presents that factors associated with the digital competence of healthcare leaders include individual characteristics, career characteristics, training, and other factors. Conclusion: This review suggests that developing and supporting healthcare leaders' digital competencies should be considered in healthcare organizations, research, and education to make their digital competencies meet the demands of increasingly digitalising healthcare development work.
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