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| ISBN: | 9780123704641
0123704642
9780080533452
0080533450
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-345) and index.
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| Summary: | This Handbook provides a complete compendium of methods for evaluation of IT-based systems and solutions within healthcare. Emphasis is entirely on assessment of the IT-system within its organizational environment. The author provides a coherent and complete assessment of methods addressing interactions with and effects of technology at the organizational, psychological, and social levels. It offers an explanation of the terminology and theoretical foundations underlying the methodological analysis presented here. The author carefully guides the reader through the process of identifying relevant methods corresponding to specific information needs and conditions for carrying out the evaluation study. The Handbook takes a critical view by focusing on assumptions for application, tacit built-in perspectives of the methods as well as their perils and pitfalls. *Collects a number of evaluation methods of medical informatics *Addresses metrics and measures *Includes an extensive list of anotated references, case studies, and a list of useful Web sites.
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| Other form: | Print version: Brender, Jytte. Handbook of evaluation methods for health informatics. Burlington, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2006 0123704642 9780123704641
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