SynthesisJournal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Patient engagement in the inpatient setting: a systematic review.
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137 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- What makes patients engaged: a meta narrative review and multilevel perspective on patient engagement.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Patient engagement in perioperative settings: A mixed method systematic review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review of patient access to medical records in the acute setting: practicalities, perspectives and ethical consequences.BMC medical ethics · 2020Pooled it
- The Impact of Patient Interactive Systems on the Management of Pain in an Inpatient Hospital Setting: A Systematic Review.Applied clinical informatics · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions to increase patient portal use in vulnerable populations: a systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2019Pooled it
- Patient, Family, and Community Advisory Councils in Health Care and Research: a Systematic Review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Patient Portals Facilitating Engagement With Inpatient Electronic Medical Records: A Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- Inpatient Portals for Hospitalized Patients and Caregivers: A Systematic Review.Journal of hospital medicine · 2018Pooled it
- A Systematic Investigation on Barriers and Critical Success Factors for Clinical Information Systems in Integrated Care Settings.Yearbook of medical informatics · 2015Pooled it
- Engaging hospitalized patients with personalized health information: a randomized trial of an inpatient portal.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2019Trial
- A randomized controlled trial to improve engagement of hospitalized patients with their patient portals.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2018Trial
- Communicating with Vulnerable Patient Populations: A Randomized Intervention to Teach Inpatients to Use the Electronic Patient Portal.Applied clinical informatics · 2018Trial
- Engaging hospitalized patients in clinical care: Study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2016Trial
- Development and Initial Validation of a Measure of Parental Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in Pediatric Healthcare.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Disparities in Patient Portal Activation and Use in a Pediatric Emergency Department.Pediatric emergency care · 2025Article
- Patient Performance of Care Tasks During Acute Hospitalisation: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Article
- Early Leaves from Inpatient Care Among Individuals with Traumatic Life Events in Ontario, Canada.Administration and policy in mental health · 2025Article
- Engagement as a mechanism of action in collaborative learning health systems.Learning health systems · 2025Article
- Assessing Equitable Development and Implementation of Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Patient Engagement Technologies: A Sociotechnical Systems Approach.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health · 2025Review
- A qualitative study on elderly patients' preferences for inpatient psychiatric services.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
77 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
objectiveTo systematically review existing literature regarding patient engagement technologies used in the inpatient setting.
methodsPubMed, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Xplore, and Cochrane databases were searched for studies that discussed patient engagement ('self-efficacy', 'patient empowerment', 'patient activation', or 'patient engagement'), (2) involved health information technology ('technology', 'games', 'electronic health record', 'electronic medical record', or 'personal health record'), and (3) took place in the inpatient setting ('inpatient' or 'hospital'). Only English language studies were reviewed.
results17 articles were identified describing the topic of inpatient patient engagement. A few articles identified design requirements for inpatient engagement technology. The remainder described interventions, which we grouped into five categories: entertainment, generic health information delivery, patient-specific information delivery, advanced communication tools, and personalized decision support.
conclusionsExamination of the current literature shows there are considerable gaps in knowledge regarding patient engagement in the hospital setting and inconsistent use of terminology regarding patient engagement overall. Research on inpatient engagement technologies has been limited, especially concerning the impact on health outcomes and cost-effectiveness.
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