Electronic retrieval of health information by healthcare providers to improve practice and patient care

Abstract

Overall there was insufficient evidence to support or refute the use of electronic retrieval of healthcare information by healthcare providers to improve practice and patient care.

The quality, breadth, and timeliness of content updating vary substantially for 10 online medical texts: an analytic survey

“…Although the surrogate outcomes were grounded in theory, it is possible that they are not reflective of clinicians' translation of evidence to practice or consequent improvement of patient outcomes. A Cochrane review by McGowan et al [8] examining information interventions found that none of the studies reviewed included process of care or patient outcomes. Validated measures will need to be developed and implemented to study these important outcomes directly.…”

Comparison of effects of training programs for final year nursing students in Turkey: Differences in self-efficacy with regard to information literacy

“…Nurses' report using a wide array of sources of information, usually including the following: patient information, personal experience, information gained from attending in-service training, information learnt in nursing school, discussions with physicians, information from fellow nurses and intuition (Estabrooks et al, 2005;McGowan et al, 2009). In the literature it is emphasized that efficient use of computers is a prerequisite for information literacy (O' Connor et al, 2002;Newell, 2004;Ondrusek et al, 2005;Ivanitskaya, 2006;Kurbanoğlu et al, 2006;Cameron et al, 2007;Walsh, 2009).…”

Number Needed to Benefit From Information (NNBI): Proposal From a Mixed Methods Research Study With Practicing Family Physicians

“…Hereinafter, clinical information refers to researchbased articles or summaries or synopses, and knowledge syntheses for clinical practice, eg, guidelines-not patient-specific data. [1][2][3][4] In observational studies, information retrieved from electronic resources has been associated with a positive cognitive impact on physicians. 5 No study, however, has systematically described patient health outcomes associated with the use of information directly retrieved by family physicians.…”