Table 1.
Study | Design | Setting | Population Size ** | Outcome Measure(/s) | Effect Direction |
Statistically Significant * |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Banerjee et al. (2017) [48] | ITS | Single-center | Not Reported (NR) | re-admission | ⇑ | yes |
identifying heart failure patients | ⇑ | yes | ||||
Cline et al. (2016) [39] | BA | Multi-center (2 hospitals) | 487 | pain re-assessment | ⇑ | NR |
Corson et al. (2015) [46] | BA | Multi-center (4 hospitals) | 53 | inappropriate test ordering | ⇑ | yes |
in-hospital mortality, blood transfusion | ⇑ | no | ||||
LOS, re-admission | ⇔ | N/A | ||||
Dowling et al. (2022) [38] | ITS | Multi-center (7 hospitals) | 47 | bronchiolitis management | ⇑ | yes |
LOS | ⇑ | yes | ||||
ICU admission, 72-hr ED revisit | ⇔ | N/A | ||||
Hester et al. (2019) [37] | BA | Single-center | 20 | bronchiolitis management | ⇑ | NR |
ED discharge, LOS, 7-day ED revisit | ⇑ | yes | ||||
hospital admission LOS, readmission | ⇑ | no | ||||
Kestenbaum et al. (2019) [40] | BA | Single-center | NR | pain management | ⇑ | NR |
prescription costs | ⇑ | NR | ||||
Larkin et al. (2021) [45] | RCT | Multi-center (4 hospitals) | 25 | CT ordering | ⇓ | no |
Navar-Boggan et al. (2014) [50] | BA | Single-center | 42 | blood pressure control | ⇔ | N/A |
repeat BP measurements | ⇑ | yes | ||||
Parks et al. (2021) [49] | ITS | Single-center | 63 | intra-operative lung-protective ventilation | ⇑ | yes |
Patel et al. (2018) [44] | CRCT | Single-center | 20 teams (n = NR) | discharge quality | ⇑ | yes |
30 day re-admission | ⇑ | no | ||||
Phase 1: Riblet et al. (2014) [52] | BA | Single-center | NR | peri-operative glioma care | ⇑ | yes |
Phase 2: Riblet et al. (2016) [51] | ⇑ | no | ||||
Trent et al. (2019) [47] | CRCT | Single-center | 16 | sepsis/pneumonia management | ⇑ | yes |
Phase 1: Stevens et al. (2017) [53] | BA | Multi-center (4 centers) | 12 | prescription of potentially inappropriate medications | ⇑ | yes |
Phase 2: Vaughan et al. (2021) [42] | Multi-center (3 centers) | 283 | ⇑ | no | ||
Wang et al. (2021) [43] | BA | Multi-center (5 centers) | 18 | opioid prescribing practices | ⇑ | NR |
opioids prescribed/month | ⇑ | yes | ||||
opioids/prescription | ⇑ | no |
* (p < 0.05, 95% CI); ** Number of health professionals receiving the intervention; Study design: RCT = randomized controlled trial, CRCT = cluster RCT, BA = before and after study, ITS = Interrupted time series; Effect direction: ⇑ = positive impact, ⇓ = negative impact, ⇔ = no change/mixed effect/conflicting findings.