title: Electronic whiteboards: review of the literature.
abstract: Electronic whiteboards are being introduced into hospitals to communicate real-time patient information instantly to staff. This paper provides a preliminary review of the current state of evidence for the effect of electronic whiteboards on care processes and patient outcomes. A literature search was performed for the dates 1996 to 2014 on MEDLINE, EMBASE, IEEE Xplore, Science Direct, and the ACM Digital Library. Thirteen papers, describing 11 studies, meeting the inclusion criteria were identified. The majority of studies took place in the Emergency Department. While studies looked at the impact of electronic whiteboards on the process of care, there is an absence of evidence concerning impact on patient outcomes. There is a need for robust research measuring the impact of electronic whiteboards on inpatient care.
authors.affiliation: School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Randell
authors.affiliation: School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greenhalgh
authors.affiliation: Yorkshire Centre for Health Informatics, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wyatt
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.affiliation: Centre for Decision Research, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pearman
authors.affiliation: School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Honey
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dowding
mesh_terms: D003626:Data Display / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014584:User-Computer Interface