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J.L. Talman

Evaluation and Implementation: A Call for Action

Keywords: Medical Informatics, medical informatics evaluation, assessement

Objectives: To raise awareness for actions that are urgently needed to accompany the large scale implementations of ICT in Health Care that are currently taking place in many countries around the world. Methods: An analysis of a few studies that have recently been described in the literature guided by recent suggestions for research and development of evaluation of health ICT. Results and Conclusion: Six specific recommendations for action are specified: Development of good implementation practice, Development of an experience base of implementation of ICT in health care, Setting up a surveillance system for unintended effects, Build an evidence base of best evaluation practice, Developing guidelines for proper reporting of evaluation studies, Education of clinicians and decision makers.

Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer

Print ISSN: 0026-1270
Volume: 45, 01/2006
Pages: 11 - 15

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