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Synopsis
This work is a general reference designed for individuals from a range of professional backgrounds at various stages of learning about medical information systems: those training for careers in informatics, those actively conducting evaluation studies, and those responsible for information systems in medical centres. It attempts to explain why medical information resources should be studied, and why this is a challenging process. It explores the options for conducting such studies, and, specifically, deciding which topic to study. It also explains how to design, carry out and interpret a study using a particular set of techniques, how to conduct studies in the context of health care organizations, and how to communicate study designs and study results to the proper audience.
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Review
From the reviews of the second edition:
"What is the difference between evaluation and research? This updated second edition provides valuable introductory material exploring the differences and similarities, and usefully covers many of the statistical and other techniques common to both. The first edition has become a standard text for many courses on the subject and for many informaticians undertaking evaluation studies in health informatics. No doubt this latest edition will be similarly popular." (Dr. Peter J. Murray, British Journal of Healthcare & Information Management, Vol. 24 (2), March, 2007)
From the Back Cover
The BMJ said of the first edition of Evaluation Methods in Biomedical Informatics: "A landmark book, which should have a place of honour in the library of anyone seeking a deeper understanding of clinical informatics in general and evaluation in particular." Since the release of the first edition in 1996, it has become an indispensable course textbook and resource to medical informaticians, students of informatics, healthcare administrators, and health services researchers. After four reprints prompted by continuing sales, this new edition incorporates heavily updated and revised material to reflect the changing demands on today’s health information technology professional.
As information technology takes on an increasingly central role in health care and biomedical research, successful and reliable methods for evaluation become more and more imperative. Evaluation Methods in Biomedical Informatics, Second Edition, is the best resource available to support discussion, development, and implementation of evaluation procedures in these settings.
In addition to revision of all material carried over from its predecessor, this Second Edition includes:
A new chapter on economic evaluation
A completely revised and expanded chapter on qualitative evaluation at the organizational and cultural levels
An extensively re-written introduction to the types of studies on biomedical information systems and technologies
New scenarios and examples drawing on a wider range of application areas including bioinformatics
A Web site accompanies the book and includes further material, clickable links to all Web sites cited in the book, additional links, case studies, and other tools to support evaluators, as well as updates to the book’s content.
Anyone whose work requires them to design, carry out, understand or
critique studies of requirements, usability, impact or side effects of information systems in health and laboratory settings will find this book invaluable. It is written to be directly usable as both a textbook for formal courses and a reference book for researchers and practitioners."About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherSpringer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 3540942289
- ISBN 13 9783540942283
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages225
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