Environmental Scanning Model in Health System and Implementation Steps: A Scoping Review
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Khalil Kalavani
,
Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani
,
Abdurrahim Pedram
,
Abbas Vosoogh-Moghaddam
,
Reza Dehnavieh
Abstract
Background: Various studies have highlighted the usefulness of environmental scanning in assessing community needs and developing programs and policies. We aimed to find the most practical model of using such scanning in the healthcare literature.
Methods: We conducted a scoping review based on the PRISMA guideline to ensure a comprehensive and systematic approach in 2023. To develop a comprehensive search strategy, we worked with experienced librarians and the research team. We then completed a search of five electronic databases, including Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane, and Embase databases. Two independent reviewers screened titles, abstracts, and full-text articles to select studies that met our inclusion criteria. The data was then analyzed and presented in a tabular format to facilitate easy interpretation and understanding.
Results: We retrieved 7243 articles from various databases and sources. After removing 2755 articles due to duplication, we excluded 4380 more articles during the title and abstract screening phase. In the full-text review process, we ruled out an additional 103 articles. Finally, only 5 articles that were directly relevant to the study were included. The model that Bednar and colleagues have in their article is the latest model. Most studies propose six main steps to conduct an environmental survey in the healthcare system.
Conclusion: Since the most important task of managers and policy makers of the health system is to make decisions, they can use our proposed model to collect, analyze and interpret data, identify important patterns and trends so that they can make evidence-based decisions.
Keywords: ; Scan; Model;; ;
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2. Kalavani K, Mohebbifar R, Rafiei S (2019). Evidence based practice among healthcare providers: a cross-sectional study. Int J Health Care Qual Assur, 32 (5):867-78.
3. Charlton P, Kean T, Liu RH, et al (2021). Use of environmental scans in health services delivery research: a scoping review. BMJ Open, 11 (11):e050284.
4. Charlton P, Doucet S, Azar R, et al (2019). The use of the environmental scan in health services delivery research: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 9 (9): e029805.
5. Rudolph L, Caplan J, Ben-Moshe K, et al (2013). Health in all policies: a guide for state and local governments: American Public Health Association Washington, DC.
6. Liddy C, Mill K (2014). An environmental scan of policies in support of chronic disease self-management in Canada. Chronic Dis Inj Can, 34 (1): 55-63.
7. Blasi PR, King D, Henrikson NB (2015). HPV vaccine public awareness campaigns: an environmental scan. Health Promot Pract, 16 (6):897-905.
8. Control CfD, Prevention (2013). Increasing quality colorectal cancer screening: an action guide for working with health systems. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services.
9. Patel J, Salit IE, Berry MJ, et al (2014). Environmental scan of anal cancer screening practices: worldwide survey results. Cancer Med, 3 (4):1052-61.
10. Mazade NA, Glover RW, Hutchings GP (2000). Environmental scan 2000: Issues facing state mental health agencies. Adm Policy Ment Health, 27:167-81.
11. Reitmanova S, Gustafson DL (2009). Primary mental health care information and services for St. John's visible minority immigrants: gaps and opportunities. Issues Ment Health Nurs, 30 (10):615-23.
12. Mazade NA, Glover RW (2007). State mental health policy: Critical priorities confronting state mental health agencies. Psychiatr Serv, 58 (9):1148-50.
13. Kalula SZ, Scott V, Dowd A, et al (2011). Falls and fall prevention programmes in developing countries: Environmental scan for the adaptation of the Canadian Falls prevention curriculum for developing countries. J Safety Res, 42 (6):461-72.
14. Azar FE, Rezapour A, Isfahani HM, et al (2017). Evidence-based medicine performance among health care providers in Iranian hospitals: A nationwide survey. Med J Islam Repub Iran, 31:77.
15. Haghdoost AA, Dehnavieh R (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on global health and the strategies to control it: The futures Wheel Model. Payesh (Health Monitor), 20 (5):629-31.
16. Sibbald SL, McPherson C, Kothari A (2013). Ontario primary care reform and quality improvement activities: an environmental scan. BMC Health Serv Res, 13:209.
17. Anas R, Stiff J, Speller B, et al, (2013). Raising the bar: using program evaluation for quality improvement. Healthc Manage Forum, 26(4):191-5.
18. Jarousse Lee Ann (2015). 2016 American hospital association environmental scan, September 15.
19. Rathi D, Shiri A, Cockney C (2017). Environmental scan: a methodological framework to initiate digital library development for communities in Canada’s North. ASLIB J Inf Manag, 69 (1):76-94.
20. Luke A, Doucet S, Azar R (2018). Paediatric patient navigation models of care in Canada: an environmental scan. Paediatr Child Health, 23 (3):e46-e55.
21. Mew E, Ritchie S, VanderBurgh D, et al (2017). An environmental scan of emergency response systems and services in remote First Nations communities in Northern Ontario. Int J Circumpolar Health,76 (1):1320208.
22. Marton C (2001). Environmental scan on women’s health information resources in Ontario, Canada. Inf Res, 7:1.
23. Légaré F, Politi MC, Drolet R, et al (2012). Training health professionals in shared decision-making: an international environmental scan. Patient Educ Couns, 88 (2):159-69.
24. Naumann DN, Reynolds JN, McColl MA, et al (2013). Environmental Scan of Programs for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Eastern Ontario. J Dev Disabl, 19 (3).
25. Zhang X, Majid S, Foo S (2010). Environmental scanning: An application of information literacy skills at the workplace. J Inf Sci, 36 (6):719-32.
26. El-Jardali F, Fadlallah R, Bou Karroum L, Akl EA (2023). Evidence synthesis to policy: development and implementation of an impact-oriented approach from the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Health Res Policy Syst, 21 (1):40.
27. Graham P, Evitts T, Thomas-MacLean R (2008). Environmental scans: how useful are they for primary care research? Can Fam Physician, 54 (7):1022-3.
28. Rowel R, Moore ND, Nowrojee S, et al (2005). The utility of the environmental scan for public health practice: lessons from an urban program to increase cancer screening. J Natl Med Assoc, 97 (4):527-34.
29. Mayo A (2016). Human resources or human capital?: Managing people as assets: Routledge.
30. Tricco AC, Lillie E, Zarin W, et al (2016). A scoping review on the conduct and reporting of scoping reviews. BMC Med Res Methodol, 16:15.
31. Mohammaddokht S, Saadati M, Kashefimehr B, et al (2022). Assessing and improving fitness to drive in the elderly people: a scoping review of policies and guidelines. Iran J Public Health, 51 (11):2404-16.
32. Shahid M, Turin TC (2018). Conducting comprehensive environmental scans in Health Research: A process for assessing the subject matter landscape: the basics of environmental scan. Journal of Biomedical Analytics, 1 (2):71-81.
33. Lauzen MM (1995). Toward a model of environmental scanning. Journal of Public Relations Research, 7 (3):187-203.
34. Gillespie B, Chaboyer W, Nieuwenhoven P, et al (2012). Drivers and barriers of surgical wound management in a large health care organisation: results of an environmental scan. Wound Pract Res, 20 (2).
35. Moore C, Lee J, Milligan J, Giangregorio L (2015). Physical activity as medicine among family health teams: an environmental scan of physical activity services in an interdisciplinary primary care setting. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab, 40 (3):302-5.
36. Hogenbirk JC, Brockway PD, Finley J, et al (2006). Framework for Canadian telehealth guidelines: summary of the environmental scan. J Telemed Telecare, 12 (2):64-70.
37. Bednar EM, Walsh MT, Baker E, et al (2018). Creation and implementation of an environmental scan to assess cancer genetics services at three oncology care settings. J Genet Couns, 10.1007/s10897-018-0262-4.
38. Wilburn A, Vanderpool RC, Knight JR (2016). Peer reviewed: environmental scanning as a public health tool: Kentucky’s human papillomavirus vaccination project. Prev Chronic Dis, 13:E109.
39. Alim DS, Wening N (2021). A Review of the Use of Strategic Management Tools in the HealthSector. Indian J Forensic Med Toxicol, 15 (4): 975-982.
40. Bażydło M, Karakiewicz B (2016). An analysis of the functioning of mental healthcare in northwestern Poland. Pomeranian J Life Sci, 62 (4):33-40.
41. Davis-Ajami ML, Costa L, Kulik S (2014). Gap analysis: Synergies and opportunities for effective nursing leadership. Nurs Econ, 32 (1):17-25.
42. Tortorella GL, Fogliatto FS, Mac Cawley Vergara A, et al (2020). Healthcare 4.0: trends, challenges and research directions. Production Planning & Control, 31 (15):1245-60.
43. Nuti SV, Wayda B, Ranasinghe I, et al (2014). The use of google trends in health care research: a systematic review. PLoS One, 9 (10):e109583.
44. Trueman P, Drummond M, Hutton J (2001). Developing guidance for budget impact analysis. Pharmacoeconomics, 19(6):609-21.
45. Porell FW, Adams EK (1995). Hospital choice models: a review and assessment of their utility for policy impact analysis. Med Care Res Rev, 52 (2):158-95.
46. Hussein M, Pavlova M, Groot W (2022). An evaluation of the driving and restraining factors affecting the implementation of hospital accreditation standards: a force field analysis. Int J Healthc Manag, 16 (2):167-75.
47. Ginter PM, Duncan WJ, Swayne LE (2018). The strategic management of health care organizations: john wiley & sons.
48. Terzic-Supic Z, Bjegovic-Mikanovic V, Vukovic D, et al (2015). Training hospital managers for strategic planning and management: a prospective study. BMC Med Educ, 15:25.
49. Bailey RR (2017). Goal setting and action planning for health behavior change. Am J Lifestyle Med, 13 (6):615-8.
50. Lorig K, Laurent DD, Plant K, et al (2014). The components of action planning and their associations with behavior and health outcomes. Chronic Illn, 10 (1):50-9.
51. Campbell RJ (2008). Change management in health care. Health Care Manag (Frederick), 27(1):23-39.
52. Van Rossum L, Aij KH, Simons FE, et al (2016). Lean healthcare from a change management perspective: the role of leadership and workforce flexibility in an operating theatre. J Health Organ Manag, 30 (3):475-93.
53. Amelung VE (2019). Healthcare management: Springer.
54. Kumar K, Subramanian R, Strandholm K (2001). Competitive strategy, environmental scanning and performance: a context specific analysis of their relationship. International Journal of Commerce and Management, 11 (1):1-33.
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Kalavani K, Mehrolhassani MH, Pedram A, Vosoogh-Moghaddam A, Dehnavieh R. Environmental Scanning Model in Health System and Implementation Steps: A Scoping Review. Iran J Public Health. 2024;53(6):1261-1271.
