The need for evidence in health informatics

Evidence-Based Health Informatics: Promoting Safety and Efficiency through Scientific Methods and Ethical Policy

Volumn 222, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-13

  Rigby, Michael ^a   Ammenwerth, Elske ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decision making; Effectiveness; Evidence; Health informatics; Health IT; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING;

BUSINESS SECTOR; EFFECTIVENESS; EVIDENCE; HEALTH INFORMATICS; HEALTH IT; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY; IT SYSTEM;

HEALTH;

EVALUATION STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

EID: 84979966731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-635-4-3     Document Type: Chapter

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