When and how to evaluate health information systems?

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 69, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 251-259

  Wyatt, Jeremy C ^a,c   Wyatt, Sylvia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Future Health Network   (United Kingdom)

^c Natl Inst for Clinical Excellence   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation methods; Health information systems; Technology assistant

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RELIABILITY; TECHNICAL WRITING;

HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NON-TECHNICAL LANGUAGE;

HEALTH CARE;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 0642346151     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(02)00108-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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