Annual Review of Psychology

Running head: EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
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EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
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Research question: Can the implementation of Health digital technology improves the quality of
care in a governmental hospital?
A brief idea about the topic:
Improving the quality of care in the clinical setting is one of the main benefits of
integrating new technologies. In the clinical setting, medication errors, poor communication,
delayed treatment and lack of availability of clinical services are common instances that
intensified the need for health digital technology, especially in the government hospital (Cowie
et al. 2017). Health digital technology such as electronic health records or m health are
implementation improve quality of care by preventing breaching of confidentiality of the
patients, enhances the communication between providers and service users, avoid unplanned
hospitalizations and reduce medication errors (Heart, Ben-Assuli and Shabtai 2017). The health
digital technologies are specifically beneficial for the patients living in the socioeconomically
disadvantaged area who have difficulties in seeking health care services due to transportation
issues. It also improves monitoring the outcome of health care services.
PICO:
Population: hospital patients of the governmental hospital
Interventions: Health digital technology
Comparison: standard care without technology or N/A
Outcome: improved the quality of care
Six steps of evidence-based practice:
The six steps of evidence-based practice are used to make evidence-based decisions. The
first step is to formulate an answerable question (PICO) as observed above. The second step is to