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. 2023 Oct 17;10:e50357. doi: 10.2196/50357

Table 3.

Most emerging themes and topics per tool.

Tools and category Most emerging theme (number of publications)
Conventional CDSa (n=5)

Positive experience
  • Feeling confident (n=2)

  • Feeling satisfied (n=2)


Negative experience
  • Feeling disrupted (n=2)


Positive moderator
  • Sufficient workflow integration (n=5)

  • Sufficient training (n=4)


Negative moderator
  • Unfavorable organizational structure (n=3)

  • Unfavorable social pressure (n=3)


Positive outcome
  • Improved quality of patient care (n=4)

  • Increased workflow efficiency (n=3)


Negative outcome
  • Information missing or outdated (n=4)

  • Workload gain (n=3)

AIb-based CDS (n=5)

Positive experience
  • Feeling confident (n=2)

  • Feeling grateful (n=2)

  • Feeling responsible (n=2)


Negative experience
  • Feeling frightened (n=2)


Positive moderator
  • Sufficient training (n=4)

  • Perception of support (n=3)

  • Trust in tool (n=3)


Negative moderator
  • Unfavorable organizational structure (n=2)

  • Lack of training (n=2)

  • Lack of tailored design (n=2)

  • Distrust (n=2)


Positive outcome
  • Fostering critical thinking (n=3)


Negative outcome
  • Workload gain (n=4)

  • Patient care suboptimal (n=3)

EHRc (n=6)

Positive experience
  • Feeling confident (n=4)

  • Feeling satisfied (n=3)


Negative experience
  • Feeling frustrated (n=5)

  • Feeling overwhelmed (n=4)


Positive moderator
  • Sufficient workflow integration (n=4)

  • Sufficient training (n=4)

  • Favorable organizational structure (n=4)


Negative moderator
  • Unfavorable organizational structure (n=4)

  • Lack of training (n=4)

  • Insufficient workstation setup (n=4)

  • User interface design insufficient (n=4)


Positive outcome
  • Better information availability (n=6)

  • Improved quality of patient care (n=5)

  • Increased workflow efficiency (n=5)


Negative outcome
  • Workload gain (n=5)

aCDS: clinical decision support.

bAI: artificial intelligence.

cEHR: electronic health record.