Objectives: To identify success and failure factors in the design process of a regional health information system. Methods: A constructive evaluation study including interviews, observations, usability study and document analysis. Results: Modelling was found to be a key element for the successful implementation of a health information system...
Keywords: Health Information System, Evaluation, Design process, success, failure
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerObjectives: The aim is to gain information on factors influencing success and failure for Health Informatics applications from a group of medical informaticians. Methods: Based on the presentations at a special topic conference on success and failure in Health ICT and analysis of the proceedings, we conducted a Delphi study on success and failure aspects. Results: A total of 110 success factors and 27 failure criteria were identified, distributed on categories like functional, organizational, behavioral, technical, managerial, political, cultural, legal, strategy, economy, education and user acceptance...
Keywords: success, failure, systems development, Delphi
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerYoung's modulus, elastic and plastic deformation, mechanical hardness and load at failure were determined for low-grade degenerated hyaline cartilage in a porcine model...
Keywords: cartilage, failure, plasticity, Shore hardness, stiffness, E-Modul, Knorpel, Plastizitt, Shore-Hrte-Steifigkeit, Versagenslast
04/2007 | Biomedizinische Technik, Walter de GruyterStudies were carried out in 183 non-dialyzed, 123 hemodialysis, 81 continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and 35 post-transplant patients and in 103 healthy subjects as a reference group...
Keywords: Composition, failure, lipids, lipoproteins, renal
01/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter