Health Informatics, Faculty of Health/School of Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, 58455 Witten, Germany.
Department Healthcare, Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 28;20(5):4377. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054377.
The work of general practitioners (GPs) is increasingly characterized by digitalization. Their progress in digitalization can be described by the concept of digital maturity and measured using maturity models. The aim of this scoping review is to provide an overview of the state of research on digital maturity and its measurement in primary care, specifically for GPs. The scoping review was conducted according to Arksey and O'Malley, considering the reporting scheme for PRISMA-ScR. For the literature search, we used PubMed and Google Scholar as the main sources of information. A total of 24 international, mostly Anglo-American studies, were identified. The understanding of digital maturity varied widely. In most studies, it was understood in a highly technical way and associated with the adoption of electronic medical records. More recent, but mostly unpublished, studies have attempted to capture overall digital maturity. So far, the understanding of digital maturity of GPs is still very diffuse-the research literature is still in its infancy. Future research should therefore aim to explore the dimensions of digital maturity of GPs to be able to develop a consistent and validated model for measuring digital maturity.
全科医生（GP）的工作越来越以数字化为特征。他们在数字化方面的进展可以用数字化成熟度的概念来描述，并使用成熟度模型进行衡量。本范围综述的目的是概述初级保健中数字成熟度及其测量的研究现状，特别是针对全科医生。范围综述是根据 Arksey 和 O'Malley 进行的，考虑了 PRISMA-ScR 的报告方案。为了文献检索，我们主要使用 PubMed 和 Google Scholar 作为信息来源。共确定了 24 项国际研究，其中大部分来自英美。对数字成熟度的理解差异很大。在大多数研究中，它被理解为一种高度技术性的方式，并与电子病历的采用相关。最近的，但大多未发表的研究试图捕捉整体的数字成熟度。到目前为止，对全科医生数字成熟度的理解仍然非常分散-研究文献仍处于起步阶段。因此，未来的研究应旨在探索全科医生数字成熟度的维度，以便能够开发出一致和经过验证的数字成熟度衡量模型。
