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Table 3 Definitions and operationalized search strategies of eHealth, integrated care, patients with complex chronic needs primary health care

From: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) enabling integrated primary care for complex patients: a protocol for a scoping review

Concept

Definition

Search strategy for each domain

eHealth [21, 22]

Health services and information delivered by the combined use of the internet and other electronic communication technologies. This is a broad definition of eHealth. Thus, eCCM model is used to categorize eHealth based on the primary functions of a technology (i.e., decision support).

exp Technology/ OR exp Medical Records Systems, Computerized/ OR exp informatics/ OR exp computing methodologies/ OR exp Technology, Radiologic/ OR exp Telecommunications/ OR exp Management Information Systems/ OR exp Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted/ OR ((communicat* or health* or informat* or comput* or medical) adj3 (technol* or system* or applicat* or process*)).tw,kf. OR(electronic adj3 record*).tw,kf. OR(ehealth or electronic health or telehealth or tele-health or telemedicine or tele-medicine or telecommunicat* or tele-communicat* or videoconferenc* or video-conferenc* or virtual care or teleradio* or tele-radio* or telemetry or mobile app* or informatics or computer-assist* or computer assist* or mobile health or mhealth or m-health or software or EHR? or EMR?).tw,kf. ((virtual or remote or distance or mobile or video) adj3 (consult* or health or medicine)).tw,kf.

Integrated care model [23]

A coordinated collaborative, multi-disciplinary (two or more health professionals involved) and person-centered care delivery system. In this review, an integrated care model is defined according to Valentijn’s Rainbow Model of Integrated Care because of the model’s broader focus on integrated care.

exp "Delivery of Health Care, Integrated"/ OR "Continuity of Patient Care"/ OR exp Patient Care Planning/ OR exp Patient-Centered Care/ OR exp Patient Care Management/ OR Patient Care/ ORexp Interprofessional Relations/ OR ((Integrat* or multidisciplin* or interdisciplin* or interprofession* or team* or coordinat* or comprehensive or shar* or manage* or organi?ed or coop* or seamless or continu*) adj3 (care or healthcare or service* or deliver* or communicat* or relation* or treatment* or strateg* or program* or system*)).tw,kf. OR Team*.tw,kf. OR ((Case or cases or care or transition* or patient* or disease* or treatment*) adj3 (manage* or plan*)).tw,kf. OR(patient adj3 (cent?ed or tailored or integrat* or orient* or focus*) adj3 care).tw,kf. OR ((Linked or network* or structur*) adj3 care).tw,kf. OR (Care adj3 (coordinat* or continu* or guid* or transmural)).tw,kf. OR ((Critical or clinical) adj2 pathway*).tw,kf.

Patients with complex care needs [1]

Individuals with multiple chronic conditions, often aggravated by additional psychosocial challenges. The complexity of their conditions impacts treatment, health outcomes, and quality of life.

exp Chronic Disease/ OR exp Comorbidity/ OR ((chronic* or complex or multi* or concurren* or co-occur* or co occur* or co-exist* or co exist* or dual or permanent or nonrevers* or non-revers*) adj2 (diagnos* or disease* or ill* or condition* or insufficienc* or disorder* or sick*)).tw,kf.OR (multimorbid* or multi-morbid* or comorbid* or co-morbid* or CCC).tw,kf. OR (poly-patholog* or polypatholog*).tw,kf. OR (pluri-patholog* or pluripatholog*).tw,kf.

Primary health care [10]

The first point of contact that includes key elements such as “disease prevention, health promotion, population health, and community development within a holistic framework, to provide essential community-focused health care” (p. 1).

(clinic* or practi* or primary or physician* or refer* or visit* or outpatient* or consult* or family or communit* or ambulatory or centre? or center? or office).ti,ab.