Evaluating eHealth Interventions: The Need for Continuous Systemic Evaluation
Lorraine Catwell,Aziz Sheikh +1 more
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The background to the series is outlined and the importance of evaluating the widespread investments in and adoption of information communication technology in health care is discussed.Abstract:
In the first in a series of three articles on evaluating eHealth, Aziz Sheikh and Lorraine Catwell outline the background to the series and discuss the importance of evaluating the widespread investments in and adoption of information communication technology in health care.read more
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Organizational learning in the implementation and adoption of national electronic health records: case studies of two hospitals participating in the National Programme for Information Technology in England.
TL;DR: It is argued that understanding the process of organizational learning and its enabling factors has the potential to support efforts at implementing national electronic health record implementation endeavors.
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eHealth service discovery framework: a case study in ethiopia
TL;DR: This framework provides ontology based, context-aware semantic and personalized services, which are very important in a low infrastructure context where most patient requirements particularly from rural areas are a consequence of low literacy levels.
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How Using ANT Can Assist to Understand Key Issues for Successful e-Health Solutions
TL;DR: Actor-Network Theory ANT is proffered as an appropriately rich theoretical lens that can be used to assist in the understanding of key issues for successful e-health solutions.
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The Debate Over eHealth
TL;DR: The rising burden of chronic diseases and the potential of eHealth for cutting costs and improving quality and safety of health services make eHealth a great opportunity for providing more efficient health care.
Ehealth for people with dementia in home-based and residential care
TL;DR: The first results of the use of eHealth for people with dementia in home-based and residential care are positive; support in the well being ofPeople with dementia and their family caregivers and improvements in the care giving tasks of professional caregivers.
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Cognitive and usability engineering methods for the evaluation of clinical information systems
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What Is eHealth (4): A Scoping Exercise to Map the Field
Claudia Pagliari,David Sloan,Peter Gregor,Frank Sullivan,Don Detmer,James P. Kahan,Wija Oortwijn,Stephen MacGillivray +7 more
TL;DR: To map the emergence and scope of eHealth as a topic and to identify its place within the wider health informatics field, as part of a larger review of research and expert analysis pertaining to current evidence, best practice and future trends is commissioned.
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Evaluating informatics applications : some alternative approaches : theory, social interactionism, and call for methodological pluralism
TL;DR: Although the discussion is about social interactionism, the more important point is the need to broaden evaluation through a variety of methods and approaches that investigate social, cultural, organizational, cognitive, and other contextual concerns.