Evolving health IT systems evaluation: The convergence of health informatics and HTA

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

Volumn 222, Issue , 2016, Pages 220-236

  Doupi, Persephone ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomedical technology assessment; Healthcare; Medical informatics; Outcome and process assessment; Policy

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC POLICY; TELEMEDICINE;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; HEALTH INFORMATICS; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES; PROCESS ASSESSMENTS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE SERVICES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MENTAL DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84979996650     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-635-4-220     Document Type: Chapter

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