Formative evaluation: a critical component in EHR implementation.
Published
Journal Article
This Viewpoint paper has grown out of a presentation at the American College of Medical Informatics 2007 Winter Symposium, the resulting discussion, and several activities that have coalesced around an issue that most informaticians accept as true but is not commonly considered during the implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHR) outside of academia or research institutions. Successful EHR implementation is facilitated and sometimes determined by formative evaluation, usually focusing on process rather than outcomes. With greater federal funding for the implementation of electronic health record systems in health care organizations unfamiliar with research protocols, the need for formative evaluation assistance is growing. Such assistance, in the form of tools and protocols necessary to do formative evaluation and resulting in successful EHR implementations, should be provided by practicing medical informaticians.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- McGowan, JJ; Cusack, CM; Poon, EG
Published Date
- May 2008
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 15 / 3
Start / End Page
- 297 - 301
PubMed ID
- 18308984
Pubmed Central ID
- 18308984
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1527-974X
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1067-5027
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1197/jamia.m2584
Language
- eng