Table 4.

The strategy of database searches.

	Web of Science	PubMed	Scopus
Search terms	(((“trend”[Title]  OR “evolution”[Title] OR “digital”)[Title]) AND ((“hospital”[Title] OR “healthcare”)[Title])) AND ((“transformation”[Topic] OR “innovation”)[Topic])	(((“trend”[Title]           OR “evolution”[Title]           OR “digital”)[Title])      AND ((“hospital”[Title]   OR “healthcare”)[Title])) AND ((“transformation”[Title/Abstract] OR “innovation”)[Title/Abstract])	TITLE (“trend”OR “evolution” OR “digital”)       AND Title (“hospital”    OR “healthcare”)      AND TitleABS (“transformation”      OR “innovation”)
Time period	2018–2020	2018–2020 (6 December 2020)	2018–2021 (7 Mar 2021)
Languages	English, German	English, German	English, German
Document type	Papers, conferences, reviews, editorial material, early access	Papers, conferences, reviews, case studies, clinical trials, systematic literature review, randomized controlled trials	Papers, conferences, reviews