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Table 1 Characteristics of the thirty-three included studies in the systematic review

From: Hospital contextual factors affecting the implementation of health technologies: a systematic review

First Author

Year

Country

Study Design

Technology

Study setting

Study size

Study Population

Bomba D

2006

Australia

qualitative

EPDS

one public hospital

26

medical staff, pharmacist, nurses, clinical IT experts

Cuccinello M

2015

UK

qualitative

EMR

one teaching hospital in central Scotland

19

CIOs, directors, clinicians, nurses

Debono D

2017

Australia

qualitative

EMR

2 teaching hospitals

19

nurses

Dharampl N

2016

Canada

qualitative

Surgical perioperative safety checklist

3 acute care hospitals in Calgary

31

surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses

Duyck P

2010

Belgium

survey

PACS

one teaching hospital

362

physicians, radiologists

Edmondson AC

2003

USA

mixed method

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS)

150 hospitals

165

surgeons, anesthesiologist, nurses

Gosling A

2003

Australia

survey

HIT

3 hospitals

180

clinicians

Granlien MF

2008

Denmark

survey

EMR

all hospitals in Region Zealand

232

physicians, nurses, managers

Hao H

2011

USA

survey

PDA

2 hospitals in Pennsylvania

138

physicians

Hubner U

2010

Austria; Germany

survey

HIT

270 hospitals in Germany and 45 in Austria

45; 270

270 hospitals in Germany, 45 hospitals in Austria

Kazley AS

2007

USA

survey

EMR

4606 hospitals

4606

all nonfederal, US general and surgical acute care hospitals

Merkel S

2015

Germany

qualitative

TAVI

9 hospitals

10

cardiologists, cardiosurgeons

Moeckli J

2013

USA

mixed method

Tele-Intensive care unit (ICU)

7 hospitals

97

ICUs staff

Nakamura MM

2013

USA

survey

EHR

126 children’s hospitals

93

CIOs

Nanji KC

2009

USA

qualitative

pharmacy bar code scanning system

one tertiary care center in Boston

150

physicians, nurses

Olson JR

2012

USA

survey

HIT

104 hospitals in Minnesota

210

CEOs, CMO

Paré G

2010

Canada

qualitative

HIT

acute care hospitals in Québec and Ontario

106

CIOs

Paré G

2007

Canada

qualitative

PACS

2 hospitals

454

physicians

Poon EG

2004

USA

qualitative

CPOE

26 hospitals

52

physicians

Randell R

2010

UK

qualitative

CDSS

3 general hospitals

74

physicians, nurses, managers

Scholten N

2015

Germany

survey

Systemic thrombolysis treatment

all hospitals that treated ischemic stroke patients

286

neurology departments

Sheikh A

2011

UK

qualitative

EHR

12 hospitals in England

431

healthcare professionals, managers, administrative staff

Shen X

2012

USA

survey

EHR

21 oncology department facilities

21

CIOs, clinicians

Sommerbakk R

2016

Norway

qualitative

Palliative care tool

2hospitals

20

physicians, nurses, CIOs

Struik MH

2014

Netherlands

survey

EMR

several hospitals (exact number not available)

298

physicians, nurses

Szydlowski S

2009

USA

qualitaitve

HIT

one local hospital in Pennsylvanya

6

CIOs, nurses

Takian A

2014

UK

qualitative

EHR

2 hospitals

48

CIOs

Tuot DS

2015

USA

qualitative

HIT

22 hospitals

16

CIOs

Urowitz S

2008

Canada

survey

EHR

83 general and acute care hospitals

83

CEOs, CIOs

Vadillo PC

2016

USA

mixed methods

EHR

one small urban hospital

71

therapists, nurses

Varonen H

2008

Finland

qualitative

CDSS

hospitals in seven areas of Finland

39

physicians

Woiceshyn J

2017

Canada

qualitative

Standardized inpatient discharged model (SDM)

5 urban hospitals

39

hospital excecutives, frontline managers

Xie Y

2016

UK

qualitative

ICT

2 NHS Hospital Trusts

51

healthcare professionals in oncology and cardiology department

  1. Abbreviations: HIT Health information technology, EHR electronic health record, PDA personal digital assistant, EMR electronic health records, PACS picture archiving and communication system, PDA personal digital assistant, CDSS computerized decision support systems, CPOE computerized physician order entry, TAVI transcatheter aortic valve implementation, EPDS electronic prescribing decision support, ICT Information communication technology, CEO Chief Executive Officers, CMO Chief Medical Officer, CIO Chief Information Officers