Wasef Mater ¹, Roliana Ibrahim ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Information System, Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, (UTM), MY

Abstract

Background/Objectives: The aim of this paper is to investigate the studies on Clinical Pathways from multidisciplinary domains to realize the situation of Clinical Pathways. Also to predict which discipline should be focused in future research. Methods/Statistical Analysis: Content analyses were used to analyze and classified the studies based on its discipline, by using Google Scholar search engine. The strategy used in this study was based on the content methodology. Findings: studies come from four disciplines which are medicine, computer science, management and Information system. Medicine domain composed 79% of all studies, and others composed 21%. The timeline of this study is limited to four years, while future research in study Clinical Pathways from different perspectives. These finding are open new researches for informatics people to study Clinical pathways from many perspectives. This is the first study on Clinical Pathways from this perspective.

Keywords

Clinical Pathways, Healthcare, Situation Analysis, Teamwork Communication.

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Wasef Mater ¹, Roliana Ibrahim ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Information System, Faculty of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), MY

Abstract

Background/Objectives: This paper aims to examine the current situation of teamwork communications in Jordan, verify the existing problems, and to provide the electronic Clinical Pathways as a solution. Methods/Statistical Analysis: A mixed method approach was adopted to verify if any functions of electronic Clinical Pathways were implemented. At first, the ten physicians were interviewed to check if there is any computerized system to support teamwork communications. Secondly, a survey was conducted across physicians and nurses. Finally, the functions of electronic Clinical Pathways were examined by applying Multivariate method (SPSS v. 19). Findings: It was found that both the functions of Clinical Pathways and a support system for teamwork communications were not at all implemented. In other words, the element of teamwork communications is entirely missing in the recent Health Information Systems (HISs). Electronic Clinical Pathways is chosen as the communication tool due to its inherent ability to improve healthcare quality and concurrently reduces the cost of implementation.

Keywords

Electronic Clinical Pathways, Healthcare, Preliminary Study, Teamwork Communication.

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