Table 1.
Electronic search literature review results (PUBMED and SCOPUS)
| Authors | Publication year | Journal origin | Level of integration (according to Delnoj et al., 2001) | Level of outcome change (according to Grol and Grimshaw, 2003) | Study topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatziarsenis et al. | 1999 | International | Clinical | Team/Unit | Specific actions should be undertaken at a local level, including implementation of promotional and educational programs, and actions to assess population's perceptions and expectations. |
| Grammatikou et al. | 2000 | International | Organizational | Hospital/Health Center | Discusses a pilot technological implementation in progress towards a PHC workflow model. |
| Lionis et al. | 2001 | International | Clinical | Individual/Professional | Reports on the need for better education and training of primary care physicians in Crete regarding early diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's disease. |
| Lappas | 2002 | International | Organizational | Hospital/Health Center | How to ensure that the information management process provides a mechanism to measure and manage any health enterprise through the use of e-technology and telemedicine. |
| Tountas et al. | 2002 | International | Functional | Hospital/Health Center | Reports on reform priorities including decentralization, improvement of social insurance financing system, development of urban primary care units and changes to hospital management. |
| Zavras et al. | 2002 | International | Functional | Hospital/Health Center | Development of a national health care chart, matching available resources to the population health care needs. |
| Anogiianakis et al. | 2003 | International | Clinical | Individual/Professional | Reports on a prison telemedicine pilot project and its potential to improve and streamline the quality of care available to prisoners. |
| Malamateniou et al. | 2003 | International | Organizational | Hospital/Health Center | Presents a virtual patient record framework that allows integrating geographically—dispersed medical information. |
| Souliotis and Lionis | 2003 | National | Functional | Hospital/Health Center | Proposes certain structural reforms for better functioning of primary care services. |
| Lionis et al. | 2004 | International | Functional | Hospital/Health Center | Promoting actions for implementing clinical governance and quality programs in a rural PHC setting in Crete. |
| Orphanoudakis | 2004 | International | Organizational | Hospital/Health Center | Discusses challenges encountered in developing a regional health information network in Crete. |
| Souliotis and Lionis | 2005 | International | Functional | Hospital/Health Center | A proposal for an integrated PHC system in Greece. |
| Belos et al. | 2005 | International | Clinical | Individual/Professional | Presents gained teaching experiences of practice-based primary care in rural Crete. |
| Vivilaki et al. | 2005 | International | Clinical | Individual/Professional | Describes educational pathways and midwives' role in increasing women's compliance rate in cervical screening programs. |
| Bellali and Kalafati | 2006 | International | Professional | Team/Unit | Explores needs and the role of mental health nursing specialty in Greece towards mental health reform. |
| Maglavera et al. | 2006 | International | Organizational | Hospital/Health Center | Describes pathways to support a continuous home monitoring service aiming at reduction of hospitalization rates and improvement of healthcare delivery. |
| Markaki et al. | 2006 | International | Professional | Individual/Professional | Educational background of PHC nursing staff has little effect in practice role variations and professional needs. |
| Mitropoulos et al. | 2006 | International | Organizational | Hospital/Health Center | Describes the necessity of national strategic planning to ensure better use of available resources through the use of applied scientific approaches for resource allocation. |
| Panagopoulou et al. | 2006 | International | Clinical | Individual/Professional | A project illustrating integration of communication, clinical and research skills in medical education. |
| Pappa and Niakas | 2006 | International | Organizational | Hospital/Health Center | Describes potential implications towards proper allocation of scarce health resources. |
| Chronaki et al. | 2007 | International | Organizational | Team/Unit | Underlines the need for continuous training, incentives, and awareness initiatives to increase the use of electronic health records. |
| Eustathiou et al. | 2007 | International | Professional | Team/Unit | Describes the need to employ nurses to assist primary care, home care, day care and palliative care services. |
| Katechakis et al. | 2007 | International | Organizational | Hospital/Health Center | Supports implementation of evidence-based medicine through the use of e-health records. |
| Markaki et al. | 2007 | International | Clinical | Individual/Professional | Assesses professional development needs of nursing staff in Greek primary care settings. |
| Pierrakos and Yfantopoulos | 2007 | National | Organizational | Team/Unit | Reports on patients' dissatisfaction with rural primary care services. |
| Kastania | 2008 | International | Organizational | Hospital/Health Center | Explores pathways to build integrated PHC telemedicine services. |