Emerging Technologies and Their Role in Facilitating Collaboration in Healthcare Teams: A Systematic Review

Abstract

Background: It is apparent that drives adoption of emerging technologies in the scientific and medical field can make a large positive difference in the results of collaboration with patients’ treatment teams with fast-growing improvements in value, safety and effectiveness results. Despite such significant progress, the ways such technologies can support collaborative work of the teams considered inadequate, particularly in the context of highly interdisciplinary health care organizations.
Aim: This systematic review seeks to map identifiedemerging technologies in healthcare settings influence team collaboration in comparison to the traditional methods from 2020 – 2024.
Method: Therefore, the present literature search aimed at identifying the publications from 2015 to 2024. , out of ten identified studies, ten relevant papers selected according to methodological quality, relevance, and the focus on the technology adoption in the healthcare team context. Information obtained on the kinds of technologies that adopted, the methods of technology integration as well as the resultant effectiveness.
Results: The study shows that knowledge management enablers, as are artificial intelligence, telemedicine, and collaborative platforms support communication, coordination, and decision-making in healthcare teams. However, there were also c critical success factors that considered as constraints; they include data privacy issues, employees’ resistance to change, demands on consistent training among others.
Conclusion: Technological advancement is continuing to have an impact on the members of a healthcare team, although more research required establishing the sustainability and general applicability of technological development in various aspects of healthcare delivery. Mitigating implementation issues will therefore be very important in enhancing the utilization of these technologies in enhancing patient care.