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Evaluating computerised health information systems: hard lessons still to be learnt

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In this paper, the authors describe how the project and its evaluation were set up and examine where the project went wrong and the lessons learnt are applicable to the installa- tion of all hospital information systems.
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5 gave us the opportunity to evaluate the introduction of computerisation into a new environ- ment. We describe how the project and its evaluation were set up and examine where the project went wrong. The lessons learnt are applicable to the installa- tion of all hospital information systems.

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A review on the evaluation methods of health information systems

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Evaluation Methods in Medical Informatics

TL;DR: This chapter discusses Subjectivist Approaches to Evaluation, the design and conduct of Subjectivist Studies, and Organizational Evaluation of Medical Information Resources.
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Taking Computers to Task

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Evaluating computerized health information systems: hardware, software and human ware: experiences from the Northern Province, South Africa.

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