Information Systems and Healthcare XXXV: Health Informatics Forums for Health Information Systems Scholars

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How to Evaluate Health Information Systems: Evaluation stages

The most important goal of health systems is improvement of quality, effectiveness and efficiency of health services. To achieve this goal, health care organizations should establish a proper structure for evaluating health information systems. Health information system evaluation is expected to identify the existing problems of the system through measuring specific indicators. The main objecti...

A Review on the Evaluation Methods of Health Information Systems

Evaluation of health information systems is an effective approach to ensure the efficacy of the system which can lead to the improvement in quality of health care services. The main aims of evaluation are to identify the strength and efficiency of system in health care delivery, to identify the weaknesses of the system, and to suggest general recommendations for improving the performance of the...

Health Information Systems. Toward Evidence-based Health Information Systems?

OBJECTIVES Summarize excellent current research in the field of Health Information Systems. METHOD Synopsis of the articles selected for the IMIA Yearbook 2013. RESULTS Five papers from international peer reviewed journals have been selected for the section on health information systems. CONCLUSIONS The selected articles illustrate current research regarding health information technology ...

Information Systems and Healthcare XIX: Developing an Integrative Health Informatics Graduate Curriculum

This paper details the development of a Masters in Health Informatics (MHI) program. It traces the design from conception through environmental scanning and curriculum development and into survey validation. One of the underlying characteristics identified in the analysis of other programs was that there seemed to be two subgroups or themes in health informatics programs: clinical and health ad...