Effects of clinical communication interventions in hospitals: A systematic review of information and communication technology adoptions for improved communication between clinicians

Highlights ► Communication technology such as mobile phones and smartphones has been evaluated in hospitals. ► This review of the evidence shows that technology may improve some metrics of communication. ► There is a lack of high quality evidence on the impacts of technology on clinical communicatio...

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Published inInternational journal of medical informatics (Shannon, Ireland) Vol. 81; no. 11; pp. 723 - 732
Main Authors Wu, Robert C, Tran, Kim, Lo, Vivian, O’Leary, Kevin J, Morra, Dante, Quan, Sherman D, Perrier, Laure
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.11.2012
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Cell Phone - utilization
Communication
Decision Support Systems, Clinical
Efficiency, Organizational - statistics & numerical data
Hospital communication systems
Humans
Information Dissemination
Internal Medicine
Other
Physicians - statistics & numerical data
Systematic review
Systematic review
Hospital communication systems
Communication
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Summary:Highlights ► Communication technology such as mobile phones and smartphones has been evaluated in hospitals. ► This review of the evidence shows that technology may improve some metrics of communication. ► There is a lack of high quality evidence on the impacts of technology on clinical communication.
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ISSN:1386-5056
1872-8243
DOI:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.05.014