Editorial - Participatory Health Information Systems: Theory and Applications

Editorial: The Global Nature of Health Information Management and Systems.

Research Paper: Participatory Design of Information Systems in Health Care

AIM To study the objectives, processes, and ideologies expressed during participatory design of information systems (PDIS) in health care. DESIGN Longitudinal documentation of project meetings by video recording. Grounded theory development in three steps. SETTING Systems development project in primary care. RESULTS The developing system was discussed mainly from a clinical and practical,...

Guest Editorial: Impact of Integrated Intelligent Information and Analytical Systems on Society

The Special Issue of the Journal of Information Technology Management (JITM) is publishing very selective papers on information management, technology in higher education, integrated systems, enterprise management, cultural thoughts, strategic contributions, management information systems, and cloud computing. We received numerous papers for this special issue but after an extensive pe...

Information Systems Development and the Participatory Ethos

Participatory--also called emancipatory--information systems development (ISD) approaches claim systematic and meaningful user involvement, workplace democratization, and reduced worker alienation. Grounded in a humanist view of information systems (IS) as social systems, participatory ISD advocates open and non-distorted communication, reasoned argumentation, cooperation and mutual understandi...

Access to health information. Editorial.

OBJECTIVES To provide an editorial introduction to the 2008 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics with an overview of its contents and contributors. METHODS A brief overview of the main theme of "Access to Health Information", and an outline of the purposes, contents, format, and acknowledgment of contributions for the 2008 IMIA Yearbook. RESULTS This 2008 issue of the IMIA Yearbook highligh...