Using the critical incident technique to define a minimal data set for requirements elicitation in public health

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 68, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 165-174

  Ölvingson, Christina ^a   Hallberg, Niklas ^a   Timpka, Toomas ^a   Greenes, Robert A ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical incident technique; Information systems design; Public health; Public health informatics; Requirements engineering

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

SOCIALIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BIOENGINEERING; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037132484     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(02)00074-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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