OBJECTIVES: To compare two clinical workstations in one hospital with respect to technical, organizational, cultural and human factors...
Keywords: Computerized Medical Records Systems, Hospital Information Systems, evaluation studies
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerPURPOSE: To review the experience with a provincewide telehealth system in Canada, and its implications for health care and health promotion...
Keywords: Telemedicine, Canada, British Columbia, evaluation studies, health promotion
01/2005 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerOBJECTIVES: During the last years the significance of evaluation studies as well as the interest in adequate methods and approaches for evaluation has grown in medical informatics...
Keywords: evaluation studies, health and medical informatics, technology assessment, information technology, health care, Health information systems, inventory, Review
01/2005 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerObjectives: To illustrate the advantages of an openended formative evaluation approach using a project-specific selection of methods over the controlled trial approach in the evaluation of health information systems...
Keywords: elemedicine, Medical Informatics, evaluation studies, Canada
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerObjectives: The need for regional, cross-institutional electronic networks in health care is steadily growing to support seamless, cooperative health care...
Keywords: Health Informatics, evaluation studies, Hospital Information Systems, triangulation, electronic transmission of findings, regional networks
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerOBJECTIVE: To analyze the seemingly contradictory results of the Han study (Pediatrics 2005) and the Del Beccaro study (Pediatrics 2006), both analyzing the effect of CPOE systems on mortality rates in pediatric intensive care settings...
Keywords: evaluation studies, CPOE, evidence-based health informatics, mortality
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer