RESEARCH ARTICLE
Enhanced Teamwork Communication Model for Electronic Clinical Pathways in Healthcare
Wasef Mater1, *, Monther Aldwairi2, 3, Roliana Ibrahim4
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2018Volume: 11
First Page: 140
Last Page: 163
Publisher ID: TOBIOIJ-11-140
DOI: 10.2174/1875036201811010140
Article History:
Received Date: 18/10/2017Revision Received Date: 25/5/2018
Acceptance Date: 11/6/2018
Electronic publication date: 31/7/2018
Collection year: 2018
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
One of the main challenges to hospital patient flow and treatment includes the lack of a patient-centered approach, which in turn contributes to non-effective teamwork communication.
Objectives:
To introduce patient-centered approach by implementing electronic clinical pathways to support more effective teamwork communication. To study how to enhance teamwork communication in healthcare by implementing electronic clinical pathways.
Methods:
We propose a research model, integrating the Donbedian model and the socio-technical theory, to investigate the factors that influence teamwork communication in healthcare. This research applied a quantitative approach using a survey method that was designed along the same principles as in the related work. Preliminary data collection was conducted using the survey method for problem formulation.
Results:
Designed and developed a model for implementing electronic clinical pathways to enhance teamwork communication in healthcare.
Conclusion:
This study provides recommendations to hospitals to enhance teamwork communication in healthcare by implementing electronic clinical pathways.