Table 4.
Category of tools and practices adopted in literature per field of applications considered in literature
| Category of tools and practices | Field of application
|
Total frequency of tools | % on total papers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAB | Emergency | Radiology | Gynecology | HG | PC | Others* | |||
| Process management | 14 (100%) | 4 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 2 (100%) | 11 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 9 (100%) | 46 | 100% |
| People and culture | 11 (79%) | 4 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 2 (100%) | 10 (91%) | 3 (100%) | 8 (89%) | 41 | 89% |
| Error management | 10 (71%) | 3 (75%) | 3 (100%) | 1 (50%) | 9 (82%) | 3 (100%) | 4 (44%) | 33 | 72% |
| Quality management | 10 (71%) | 1 (25%) | 1 (33%) | 2 (100%) | 7 (64%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (44%) | 25 | 54% |
| ICT and DSS | 4 (29%) | 2 (50%) | 1 (33%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (73%) | 1 (33%) | 6 (67%) | 22 | 48% |
| Customer/patient management | 5 (36%) | 3 (75%) | 3 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (18%) | 1 (33%) | 4 (44%) | 18 | 39% |
| Compliance | 2 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (33%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (27%) | 1 (33%) | 1 (11%) | 8 | 17% |
| Total number of papers | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 46 | |
| % Papers per field of application/total papers | 30% | 9% | 6.5% | 4% | 24% | 6.5% | 20% | ||
Note:
*
Aggregated because there was only one paper per field of application.
Abbreviations: DSS, data and systems management; ICT, information and communication technologies; LAB, laboratory; HG, Hospital in General; PC, process of care.