A broad update of the very successful first edition, Evaluation Methods in Medical Informatics is a comprehensive how-to guide full of evaluation techniques for a range of informatics professionals. This guide to successful health information system evaluation is an invaluable resource for all levels of informatics professionals, from student to on-site system administrator.

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Charles P. Friedman is the Josiah Macy Jr. Professor of Medical Education and Chair of the Department of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School. Throughout his career, Dr. Friedman's primary academic interests have intertwined biomedical and health informatics with the processes of education and learning. He has taught evaluation methods to students and professionals for 40 years and has designed and conducted numerous evaluation studies.

Jeremy C. Wyatt is Professor of Digital Healthcare at the University of Southampton and an eminent medical informatician. In recent years he was responsible for developing a new program of digital healthcare research and for coordinating the activities of the Wessex Institute of Health Research. He has taught evaluation methods to Master & PhD students in London, Dundee and Leeds Universities and has published over 100 articles on evaluation methods in biomedical and health informatics.

Joan S. Ash is a Professor in the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA. Her study team has evaluated the implementation of clinical systems at over 50 hospitals and outpatient settings across the US, primarily using applied ethnographic approaches. She has developed and taught courses and workshops in qualitative methods across the US and internationally.

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Heavily updated and revised from the successful first edition Appeals to a wide range of informatics professionals, from students to on-site medical information system administrators

Includes case studies and real world system evaluations

References and self-tests for feedback and motivation after each chapter

Great for teaching purposes, the book is recommended for courses offered at universities such as Columbia University

Precise definition and use of terms

Inhalt

Challenges of Evaluation in Biomedical Informatics.- Evaluation as a Field.- Determining What to Study.- The Structure of Objectivist Studies.- Measurement Fundamentals.- Developing and Improving Measurement Methods.- The Design of Demonstration Studies.- Analyzing the Results of Demonstration Studies.- Subjectivist Approaches to Evaluation.- Performing Subjectivist Studies in the Qualitative Traditions Responsive to Users.- Economic Aspects of Evaluation.- Proposing and Communicating the Results of Evaluation Studies: Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues.