The deployment of balanced scorecard in health care organizations: is it beneficial? A systematic review

BMC Health Services Research

Szimonetta Lohner¹  Sahar Hammoud²  Haitham Khatatbeh²  Faten Amer³  Dóra Endrei⁴  Imre Boncz⁴ 

[1] Cochrane Hungary, Clinical Center of the University of Pécs, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary;Doctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Maria u. 5-7, H-7621, Pécs, Hungary;Doctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Maria u. 5-7, H-7621, Pécs, Hungary;Institute for Health Insurance, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary;Institute for Health Insurance, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary;

关键词: Performance;    Evaluation;    Assessment;    Health;    Hospital;    Impact;    Effect;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12913-021-07452-7

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundBalanced Scorecard (BSC) has been implemented for three decades to evaluate and improve the performance of organizations. To the best of the researchers’ knowledge, no previous systematic review has performed a comprehensive and rigorous methodological approach to figure out the impact of BSC implementation in Health Care Organizations (HCO).AimsThe current work was intended to assess the impact of implementing the BSC on Health Care Workers’ (HCW) satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and financial performance.MethodsThe authors prepared the present systematic review according to PRISMA guidelines. Further, the authors customized the search strategy for PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, Google Scholar databases, and Google’s search engine. The obtained studies were screened to isolate those measuring scores related to HCW satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and financial performance. The Risk of Bias (RoB) in the non-Randomized Intervention Studies (ROBINS-I) tool was used to assess the quality of observational and quasi-experimental studies. On the other hand, for the Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), the Cochrane (RoB 2) tool was used.ResultsOut of 4031 studies, the researchers included 20 studies that measured the impact of BSC on one or more of the three entities (HCW satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and financial performance). Throughout these 20 studies, it was found that 17 studies measured the impact of the BSC on patient satisfaction, seven studies measured the impact on HCW satisfaction, and 12 studies measured the impact on financial performance.ConclusionThis systematic review provides managers and policymakers with evidence to support utilizing BSC in the health care sector. BSC implementation demonstrated positive outcomes for patient satisfaction and the financial performance of HCOs. However, only a mild impact was demonstrated for effects related to HCW satisfaction. However, it is worth noting that many of the studies reflected a high RoB, which may have affected the impacts on the three primary outcomes measured. As such, this systematic review reflects the necessity for further focus on this area in the future. Moreover, future research is encouraged to measure the real and current impact of implementing BSC in HCO during the pandemic since we did not find any.

【 授权许可】

CC BY