Background: Computerised decision support systems (CDSS) are widely used by nurses and allied health professionals but their effect on clinical performance and patient outcomes is uncertain.
Objectives: Evaluate the effects of clinical decision support systems use on nurses', midwives' and allied health professionals' performance and patient outcomes and sense-check the results with developers and users.
Eligibility Criteria: Comparative studies (randomised controlled trials (RCTs), non-randomised trials, controlled before-and-after (CBA) studies, interrupted time series (ITS) and repeated measures studies comparing) of CDSS versus usual care from nurses, midwives or other allied health professionals.
The adoption of digital technology by nurses accelerated during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, not all nurses were familiar with the various digital systems used in their organisations and there were reports of digital technology not being fit for purpose. This article describes a service evaluation that used an online survey to obtain nurses' feedback on the digital systems used to support patient care during the pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Computerised clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are an increasingly important part of nurse and allied health professional (AHP) roles in delivering healthcare. The impact of these technologies on these health professionals' performance and patient outcomes has not been systematically reviewed. We aimed to conduct a systematic review to investigate this.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe issues of health, illness, stigma and inequalities in healthcare provision, areas that in my role as a social researcher were already of interest and concern, shifted to a different perspective when I was diagnosed with hepatitis C. From this altered position, my body and lifeworld were a nexus point for a range of ongoing challenges around staying as well as possible, and the struggle to get my healthcare needs met. There is a gap between the support provided for some ill and disabled people, and the help that they actually require.
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