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Each row is one question a systematic review asked: who, what, compared with what, and which outcome, with the effect it found and how certain that is. Words match anywhere in the field.
557 questions in 64 reviews · Effective Practice and Organisation of Care
current versionsNo studies 557 · 100%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
| Question | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Mobile technologies used by community health or home‐care workers vs usual care Participant and provider acceptability or satisfaction · Community‐based peer health workers consulting with clinic staff about receiving antiretroviral therapy, community… Mobile technologies to support healthcare provider to healthcare provider communication and management of care (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Mobile technologies used by community health or home‐care workers vs usual care Costs · Community‐based peer health workers consulting with clinic staff about receiving antiretroviral therapy, community… Mobile technologies to support healthcare provider to healthcare provider communication and management of care (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Mobile technologies used by community health or home‐care workers vs usual care Technical difficulties · Community‐based peer health workers consulting with clinic staff about receiving antiretroviral therapy, community… Mobile technologies to support healthcare provider to healthcare provider communication and management of care (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Mobile technologies used by primary care providers to consult with a hospital‐based specialist vs usual care Acceptability and satisfaction · Primary care providers consulting with dermatologists (6 studies), ophthalmologists (2 studies), radiologists (1… Mobile technologies to support healthcare provider to healthcare provider communication and management of care (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Mobile technologies for use in the emergency department vs usual care Providers' adherence to recommended practice, guidelines or protocols · Emergency physicians consulting with hospital specialists about adults attending the emergency department Mobile technologies to support healthcare provider to healthcare provider communication and management of care (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Maternal death review and audit as part of an intervention package including the ALARM course and training audit committees vs no intervention Mortality rate in children < 5 years of age · mothers delivering in the hospitals Death audits and reviews for reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Maternal death review and audit as part of an intervention package including the ALARM course and training audit committees vs no intervention Adverse effects · mothers delivering in the hospitals Death audits and reviews for reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Perinatal death review and audit as part of an intervention package including an educational outreach visit and morbidity/mortality conferences vs no intervention Stillbirth rate · births Death audits and reviews for reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Perinatal death review and audit as part of an intervention package including an educational outreach visit and morbidity/mortality conferences vs no intervention Neonatal mortality rate · births Death audits and reviews for reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Perinatal death review and audit as part of an intervention package including an educational outreach visit and morbidity/mortality conferences vs no intervention Mortality rate in children < 5 years of age · births Death audits and reviews for reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Perinatal death review and audit as part of an intervention package including an educational outreach visit and morbidity/mortality conferences vs no intervention Maternal mortality rate · births Death audits and reviews for reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Perinatal death review and audit as part of an intervention package including an educational outreach visit and morbidity/mortality conferences vs no intervention Adverse effects · births Death audits and reviews for reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Maternal death review and audit as part of an intervention package including the ALARM course and training audit committees vs no intervention Perinatal mortality rate · mothers delivering in the hospitals Death audits and reviews for reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Workplace intervention vs no intervention to support mental health and resilience of health and social care professionals during a disease outbreak General mental health (critical outcome) · health and social professionals Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals… (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Workplace intervention vs no intervention to support mental health and resilience of health and social care professionals during a disease outbreak Resilience (critical outcome) · health and social professionals Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals… (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Workplace intervention vs no intervention to support mental health and resilience of health and social care professionals during a disease outbreak Psychological symptoms of anxiety, depression or stress · health and social professionals Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals… (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Workplace intervention vs no intervention to support mental health and resilience of health and social care professionals during a disease outbreak Effects on workplace staffing ‐ absenteeism · health and social professionals Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals… (2020) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Costs · Healthcare professionals (nurses, physicians including surgeons) Local opinion leaders: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Costs · Healthcare professionals Local opinion leaders: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Costs · Healthcare professionals (e.g. primary care physicians, surgeons, obstetricians, birth attendants, nurses) Local opinion leaders: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Patient (dichotomous) outcomes (including adverse events) · Healthcare professionals (nurses, primary care physicians) Local opinion leaders: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Costs · Healthcare professionals (nurses, primary care physicians) Local opinion leaders: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Patient (dichotomous) outcomes (including adverse events) · Healthcare professionals (nurses, physicians including obstetricians) Local opinion leaders: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Costs · Healthcare professionals (nurses, physicians including obstetricians) Local opinion leaders: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Manual paper reminders added to another QI intervention vs the same QI intervention Adverse effects · Healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses and dentists) Manually‐generated reminders delivered on paper: effects on professional practice and patient outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Manual paper reminders vs other quality‐improvement (QI) interventions Changes in professional practice (continuous) · Healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses and dentists) Manually‐generated reminders delivered on paper: effects on professional practice and patient outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Manual paper reminders vs other quality‐improvement (QI) interventions Patient outcomes (continuous) · Healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses and dentists) Manually‐generated reminders delivered on paper: effects on professional practice and patient outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Manual paper reminders vs other quality‐improvement (QI) interventions Adverse effects · Healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses and dentists) Manually‐generated reminders delivered on paper: effects on professional practice and patient outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Manual paper reminders vs usual care Adverse effects · Healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses and dentists) Manually‐generated reminders delivered on paper: effects on professional practice and patient outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
The introduction of advanced or specialist nurses to the nursing workforce vs usual staffing Nursing‐staff turnover · medical patients and patients with cancer, asthma, diabetes, heart failure and chronic illness Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
The introduction of nursing assistive personnel (NAP) to the hospital workforce vs usual staffing Patient readmissions · patients admitted to a cardiovascular surgery/urology/ophthalmology unit, a kidney transplant/plastic surgery unit, an… Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
The introduction of nursing assistive personnel (NAP) to the hospital workforce vs usual staffing Patient attendances at the ED · patients admitted to a cardiovascular surgery/urology/ophthalmology unit, a kidney transplant/plastic surgery unit, an… Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
The introduction of nursing assistive personnel (NAP) to the hospital workforce vs usual staffing Length of stay · patients admitted to a cardiovascular surgery/urology/ophthalmology unit, a kidney transplant/plastic surgery unit, an… Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
The introduction of nursing assistive personnel (NAP) to the hospital workforce vs usual staffing Patients with pressure ulcers · patients admitted to a cardiovascular surgery/urology/ophthalmology unit, a kidney transplant/plastic surgery unit, an… Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Primary nursing vs usual/team/functional nursing Patient mortality · nurses working on medical or long‐term psychiatric units Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Primary nursing vs usual/team/functional nursing Patient readmissions · nurses working on medical or long‐term psychiatric units Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Primary nursing vs usual/team/functional nursing Patient attendances at the ED · nurses working on medical or long‐term psychiatric units Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Primary nursing vs usual/team/functional nursing Length of stay · nurses working on medical or long‐term psychiatric units Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Primary nursing vs usual/team/functional nursing Patients with pressure ulcers · nurses working on medical or long‐term psychiatric units Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Self‐staffing vs usual staffing Patient mortality · nurses working on acute care, intensive care or medical care units Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Self‐staffing vs usual staffing Patient readmissions · nurses working on acute care, intensive care or medical care units Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Self‐staffing vs usual staffing Patient attendances at the ED · nurses working on acute care, intensive care or medical care units Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Self‐staffing vs usual staffing Length of stay · nurses working on acute care, intensive care or medical care units Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Self‐staffing vs usual staffing Patients with pressure ulcers · nurses working on acute care, intensive care or medical care units Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Self‐staffing vs usual staffing Costs · nurses working on acute care, intensive care or medical care units Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
The introduction of nursing assistive personnel (NAP) to the hospital workforce vs usual staffing Nursing‐staff turnover · patients admitted to a cardiovascular surgery/urology/ophthalmology unit, a kidney transplant/plastic surgery unit, an… Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
The introduction of nursing assistive personnel (NAP) to the hospital workforce vs usual staffing Patient mortality · patients admitted to a cardiovascular surgery/urology/ophthalmology unit, a kidney transplant/plastic surgery unit, an… Hospital nurse‐staffing models and patient‐ and staff‐related outcomes (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Value‐Based Purchasing vs capitation without P4P Resource use · Hospitals Pay for performance for hospitals (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Non‐payment for Hospital‐Acquired Conditions Program vs capitation without P4P Mortality · Hospitals Pay for performance for hospitals (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Non‐payment for Hospital‐Acquired Conditions Program vs capitation without P4P Quality of care · Hospitals Pay for performance for hospitals (2019) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |