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Defining a framework for health information technology evaluation.

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Eisenstein, EL; Juzwishin, D; Kushniruk, AW; Nahm, M
Published in: Stud Health Technol Inform
2011

Governments and providers are investing in health information technologies with little evidence as to their ultimate value. We present a conceptual framework that can be used by hospitals, clinics, and health care systems to evaluate their health information technologies. The framework contains three dimensions that collectively define generic evaluation types. When these types are combined with contextual considerations, they define specific evaluation problems. The first dimension, domain, determines whether the evaluation will address the information intervention or its outcomes. The second dimension, mechanism, identifies the specific components of the new information technology and/or its health care system that will be the subject of the evaluation study. And, the third dimension, timing, determines whether the evaluation occurs before or after the health information technology is implemented. Answers to these questions define a set of evaluation types each with generic sets of evaluation questions, study designs, data collection requirements, and analytic methods. When these types are combined with details of the evaluation context, they define specific evaluation problems.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Stud Health Technol Inform

ISSN

0926-9630

Publication Date

2011

Volume

164

Start / End Page

94 / 99

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Medical Informatics
  • Medical Informatics
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Canada
  • 4601 Applied computing
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 0807 Library and Information Studies
 

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Eisenstein, E. L., Juzwishin, D., Kushniruk, A. W., & Nahm, M. (2011). Defining a framework for health information technology evaluation. Stud Health Technol Inform, 164, 94–99.
Eisenstein, Eric L., Don Juzwishin, Andre W. Kushniruk, and Meredith Nahm. “Defining a framework for health information technology evaluation.Stud Health Technol Inform 164 (2011): 94–99.
Eisenstein EL, Juzwishin D, Kushniruk AW, Nahm M. Defining a framework for health information technology evaluation. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2011;164:94–9.
Eisenstein, Eric L., et al. “Defining a framework for health information technology evaluation.Stud Health Technol Inform, vol. 164, 2011, pp. 94–99.
Eisenstein EL, Juzwishin D, Kushniruk AW, Nahm M. Defining a framework for health information technology evaluation. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2011;164:94–99.

Published In

Stud Health Technol Inform

ISSN

0926-9630

Publication Date

2011

Volume

164

Start / End Page

94 / 99

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Medical Informatics
  • Medical Informatics
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Canada
  • 4601 Applied computing
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 0807 Library and Information Studies