Title |
Practice-centred evaluation and the privileging of care in health information technology evaluation
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, June 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-14-243 |
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Authors |
Mary Darking, Rachel Anson, Ferdinand Bravo, Julie Davis, Steve Flowers, Emma Gillingham, Lawrence Goldberg, Paul Helliwell, Flis Henwood, Claire Hudson, Simon Latimer, Paul Lowes, Ian Stirling |
Abstract |
Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) and telemedicine are positioned by policymakers as health information technologies that are integral to achieving improved clinical outcomes and efficiency savings. However, evaluating the extent to which these aims are met poses distinct evaluation challenges, particularly where clinical and cost outcomes form the sole focus of evaluation design. We propose that a practice-centred approach to evaluation - in which those whose day-to-day care practice is altered (or not) by the introduction of new technologies are placed at the centre of evaluation efforts - can complement and in some instances offer advantages over, outcome-centric evaluation models. |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
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Student > Master | 19 | 17% |
Researcher | 13 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 12 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 6% |
Other | 18 | 17% |
Unknown | 21 | 19% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 15% |
Social Sciences | 13 | 12% |
Computer Science | 10 | 9% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 6 | 6% |
Other | 22 | 20% |
Unknown | 26 | 24% |