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. 2021 May 10;23(5):e27180. doi: 10.2196/27180

Table 4.

Distribution of the indicators according to the themes and subthemes of the structure, process, and outcome categories.

Category, theme, and subtheme Advantage (n) Disadvantage (n) Neutral (n) Source
Structure (n=175)

Inner setting (n=51)


Support of primary process (n=34) 7 13 14 [27,34,37-43]


Culture and leadership (n=17) 7 9 1 [27,34,37,40]

Health care professional (n=28)


Skills (n=8) 4 0 4 [27,36,38,40,41,43]


Attitude (n=20) 8 8 4 [27,34-41,43]

Care receiver (n=40)


Daily life (n=18) 3 8 7 [27,34-39]


Baseline characteristics (n=22) 1 5 16 [34-39]

Technology (n=38)


Usability and functionality (n=33) 8 17 8 [27,34-43]


Interaction with EHRa (n=5) 0 5 0 [35,37,38,41,43]

Outer setting (n=18)


Finance and legislation (n=10) 0 2 8 [27,34,36,38-41]


Involvement of stakeholders (n=8) 2 3 3 [27,38,43]

Total structure 40 70 65
Process (n=84)

Health care actions (n=38)


Workflow (n=18) 5 11 2 [27,34-39,41-43]


Patient-centered (n=20) 7 0 13 [27,34-39,41,42]

Interpersonal actions (n=24)


Personal (n=19) 11 3 5 [27,34-42]


Shifting roles (n=5) 2 1 2 [34,36,42]

Process management (n=22)


Quality improvement (n=11) 4 3 4 [27,34,38,40]


Mistake-proofing (n=11) 1 3 7 [27,37-39,41-43]

Total process 30 21 33
Outcome (n=88)

Health status (n=10)


Clinical/functional (n=3) 1 0 2 [36,41,43]


Intrapersonal (n=7) 6 0 1 [34,36,37,41,42]

Experience of care receiver (n=23)


Satisfaction (n=16) 11 3 2 [34-38,42]


Convenience (n=7) 7 0 0 [36,38,42]

Experience of health care professional (n=25)


“What’s in it for me” (n=15) 9 2 4 [27,34,36-38,40,42]


“What’s in it for them” (n=10) 10 0 0 [27,34,36-38,41-43]

Efficiency (n=30)


Operations (n=27) 4 9 14 [34-43]


Revenues (n=3) 1 1 1 [27,41,43]

Total outcome 49 15 24

aEHR: electronic health record.