Guidance for preparing evaluation reports in telemedicine and health informatics generally

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 325-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hailey
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Quality Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Current Version ◽  
Evaluation Report

The European Federation for Medical Informatics is developing a detailed guideline for preparing evaluation reports. By doing this, it is hoped that the quality of evaluation studies in health informatics will improve and thus the evidence base. While much of the necessary information for preparing good quality evaluation publications is available in other documents, the Statement on Reporting of Evaluation Studies in Health Informatics (STARE-HI) is valuable in bringing together many points into a single document. The current version is comprehensive and includes valuable information on a number of areas. A list of recommended items for inclusion in an evaluation report is given. There is perhaps a danger that some authors might be intimidated by the suggested detail to be provided. Nonetheless, the Federation is to be congratulated for putting together a comprehensive guideline which promises to be a useful contribution to improving the quality of evaluation studies in information technology, including telemedicine.

scholarly journals Welcome to IMIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
pp. 263-265
Keyword(s):  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Special Interest Groups ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Vice Presidents ◽  
North African ◽  
Liaison Officer ◽  
African Health ◽  
President Elect

President Dr. Christoph Lehmann, United States (2017–2019) President elect Dr. Sabine Koch, Sweden (2017–201 9) Past President Dr. Hyeoun-Ae Park, South Korea (2017–2019) Secretary Dr. Petter Hurlen, Norway (2015–2021) Treasurer Johanna Westbrook, Australia (2017–2020) Vice Presidents MedInfoDr. Patrick Weber, Switzerland (2017–2019)MembershipDr. Daniel Luna, Argentina (2018–2021)ServicesDr. Brigitte Seroussi, France (2016–2019)Special AffairsDr. Elizabeth Borycki, Canada (2016–2019)Working & Special Interest Groups Dr. Ying (Helen) Wu, China (2016–2019) CEO Elaine Huesing, Canada IMIA Web site: www.imia.org Regional Vice Presidents to IMIA APAMI: Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics Dr. Vajira Dissanayake, Sri Lanka EFMI: European Federation for Medical Informatics Dr. Christian Lovis, Switzerland HELINA: Pan African Health Informatics Association Dr. Ghislain Kouematchoua Tchuitcheu, Germany/Cameroon IMIA-LAC: Health Informatics Association for Latin America and the Caribbean Marcelo Lucio da Silva, Brazil MENAHIA: Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association Dr. Riyad Al Shammari, Saudi Arabia North American Region Andre Kushniruk, Canada IMIA Liaison Officers, ex officio WHO Liaison OfficerDr. Antoine Geissbuhler, SwitzerlandIFIP Liaison OfficerDr. Hiroshi Takeda, JapanISO Liaison OfficerDr. Michio Kimura, Japan

scholarly journals Medical Informatics in Indonesia: Importance, Development, and Future Directions

TEM Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 78-81
Author(s):  
Seng Hansun
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Multidisciplinary Study ◽  
Academic Fields

Medical Informatics (MI) is an emerging multidisciplinary study in academic fields. Also known as ‘Health Informatics,’ this study combines three different well-known fields; Information Systems (IS), Computer Science (CS), and Health Science (HS). MI is crucial because it could help in bridging the gap that is commonly found in conventional Healthcare services with the usage of Information Technology (IT). However, despite its vital role, the development of MI in Indonesia is still not satisfactory. Therefore, in this paper, the importance of MI as an academic discipline will be briefly discussed, followed by the description of MI development in Indonesia, and some suggestions for its future development.

An Inventory of Evaluation Studies of Information Technology in Health Care

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (01) ◽  
pp. 44-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. de Keizer ◽  
E. Ammenwerth
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Strong Shift ◽  
Strategy Evaluation ◽  
Computer Based

Summary Objectives: During the last years the significance of evaluation studies as well as the interest in adequate methods and approaches for evaluation has grown in medical informatics. In order to put this discussion into historical perspective of evaluation research, we conducted a systematic review on trends in evaluation research of information technology in health care from 1982 to 2002. Methods: The inventory is based on a systematic literature search in PubMed. Abstracts were included when they described an evaluation study of a computer-based component in health care. We identified 1035 papers from 1982 to 2002 and indexed them based on a multi-axial classification describing type of information system, study location, evaluation strategy, evaluation methods, evaluation setting, and evaluation focus. Results and Conclusions: We found interesting developments in evaluation research in the last 20 years. For example, there has been a strong shift from medical journals to medical informatics journals. With regard to methods, explanatory research and quantitative methods have dominated evaluation studies in the last 20 years. Since 1982, the number of lab studies and technical evaluation studies has declined, while the number of studies focusing on the influence of information technology on quality of care processes or outcome of patient care has increased. We interpret this shift as a sign of maturation of evaluation research in medical informatics.

scholarly journals Welcome to IMIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (01) ◽  
pp. 259-260
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Special Interest Groups ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Vice Presidents ◽  
Liaison Officer ◽  
African Health ◽  
President Elect

BOARD President Sabine Koch, Sweden (2019 - 2021) President elect Jack Li, Taiwan (2019 - 2021) Past President Chris Lehmann, United States (2019 - 2021) Secretary Dr. Petter Hurlen, Norway (2015 - 2021) Treasurer Johanna Westbrook, Australia (2017 - 2020) Vice Presidents MedInfoNajeeb Al-Shorbaji, Jordon (2020 - 2021)MembershipDr. Daniel Luna, Argentina (2018 - 2021)ServicesDr. Brigitte Séroussi, France (2016 - 2019)Special AffairsJennifer Bichel-Findlay, Australia (2019 - 2022)Working & Special Interest GroupsLuis Fernandez Luque (2019- 2022) CEO Elaine Huesing, Canada IMIA Web site: www.imia.org Regional Vice Presidents to IMIA APAMI: Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics Vajira Dissanayake, Sri Lanka EFMI: European Federation for Medical Informatics Christian Lovis, Switzerland HELINA: Pan African Health Informatics Association Ghislain Kouematchoua Tchuitcheu, Germany/Cameroon IMIA-LAC: Health Informatics Association for Latin America and the Caribbean Marcelo Lucio da Silva, Brazil MENAHIA: Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association Riyad Al Shammari, Saudi Arabia North American Region James Cimino, United States IMIA Liaison Officers, ex officio WHO Liaison OfficerPatrick Weber, SwitzerlandIFIP Liaison OfficerHiroshi Takeda, JapanISO Liaison OfficerMichio Kimura, Japan

Modeling in Biomedical Informatics – An Exploratory Analysis (Part 1)

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (06) ◽  
pp. 638-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Hasman ◽  
R. Haux
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Electronic Patient Records ◽  
Knowledge Processing ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Processing Data ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Research And Education

Summary Objectives: Modeling is a significant part of research, education and practice in biomedical and health informatics. Our objective was to explore, which types of models of processes are used in current biomedical/ health informatics research, as reflected in publications of scientific journals in this field. Also the implications for medical informatics curricula were investigated. Methods: Retrospective, prolective observational study on recent publications of the two official journals of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), the International Journal of Medical Informatics (IJMI) and Methods of Information in Medicine (MIM). Results: 384 publications have been analyzed, 190 of IJMI and 194 of MIM. In regular papers (69 in IJMI, 62 in MIM), analyzed here in part 1, all of these model types could be found. In many publications we observed a mixture of models, being used to solve the ‘core’ research questions and also to systematically evaluate the research done. Knowledge of (and models for) software engineering and project management are also often needed. IJMI seems to have a closer focus on research concerning health information systems and electronic patient records, with a strong emphasis on evaluation. MIM seems to have a broader range of research approaches, including also statistical modeling and computational intensive approaches. The aim to provide solutions for problems related to data, information and knowledge processing and to study the general principles of processing data, information and knowledge in medicine and health care in order to contribute to improve the quality of health care, and of research and education in medicine and the health sciences was given in all publications. Conclusions: Modeling continues to be a major task in research, education and practice in biomedical and health informatics. Knowledge and skills concerning a broad range of model types is needed.

scholarly journals Managing Pandemic Responses with Health Informatics – Challenges for Assessing Digital Health Technologies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farah Magrabi ◽  
Elske Ammenwerth ◽  
Catherine K. Craven ◽  
Kathrin Cresswell ◽  
Nicolet F. De Keizer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Complex Systems ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Value Of Information ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Health Technologies

Objectives: To highlight the role of technology assessment in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: An overview of existing research and evaluation approaches along with expert perspectives drawn from the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Working Group on Technology Assessment and Quality Development in Health Informatics and the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) Working Group for Assessment of Health Information Systems. Results: Evaluation of digital health technologies for COVID-19 should be based on their technical maturity as well as the scale of implementation. For mature technologies like telehealth whose efficacy has been previously demonstrated, pragmatic, rapid evaluation using the complex systems paradigm which accounts for multiple sociotechnical factors, might be more suitable to examine their effectiveness and emerging safety concerns in new settings. New technologies, particularly those intended for use on a large scale such as digital contract tracing, will require assessment of their usability as well as performance prior to deployment, after which evaluation should shift to using a complex systems paradigm to examine the value of information provided. The success of a digital health technology is dependent on the value of information it provides relative to the sociotechnical context of the setting where it is implemented. Conclusion: Commitment to evaluation using the evidence-based medicine and complex systems paradigms will be critical to ensuring safe and effective use of digital health technologies for COVID-19 and future pandemics. There is an inherent tension between evaluation and the imperative to urgently deploy solutions that needs to be negotiated.

scholarly journals STARE-HI -Statement on Reporting of Evaluation Studies in Health Informatics

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. 23-31
Author(s):  
E. Ammenwerth ◽  
J. Brender ◽  
N. de Keizer ◽  
P. Nykänen ◽  
M. Rigby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Informatics ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Organizational Setting ◽  
Study Planning ◽  
Study Context ◽  
Real Practice ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Initial List

Summary Objective Development of guidelines for publication of evaluation studies of Health Informatics applications. Methods An initial list of issues to be addressed in reports on evaluation studies was drafted based on experiencesas editorsand reviewers and as authors of systematic reviews , taking into account guidelines for reporting of medical research. This list has been discussed in several rounds by an increasing number of experts in Health Informatics evaluation during conferences and by using e-mail. ResultsA set of STARE-HI principles to be addressed in papers describing evaluations of Health Informatics interventions is presented. These principles include formulation of title and abstract, of introduction (e.g. scientific background, study objectives), study context (e.g. organizational setting, system details), methods (e.g. study design, outcome measures), results (e.g. study findings, unexpected observations)and discussion and conclusion. Conclusion Acomprehensivelistofprinciplesrelevantforproperlydescribing Health Informatics evaluations has been developed. When manuscripts submitted to Health Informatics journals and general medical journals adhere to these aspects, readers will be better positioned to place the studies in a proper context and judge their validity and generalisability. STARE-HI may also be used for study planning and hence positively influence the quality of evaluation studies in Health Informatics. We believe that better publication of (both quantitative and qualitative) evaluation studies is an important step toward the vision of evidence-based Health Informatics. Limitations This study is based on experiences from editors, reviewers, authors of systemati c reviews and readers of the scientific literature. The applicability of the principles has not been evaluated in real practice. Only when authors start to use these principles for reporting, shortcomings in the principles will emerge.

Applied AHP Technology and Information Technology in Evaluation for Teaching Quality of University

2014 ◽  
Vol 1022 ◽  
pp. 229-232
Author(s):  
Yu Mei Guan
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Quality Evaluation ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Teaching Evaluation ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Evaluation Indexes ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Power And Energy ◽  
Second Degree

With the constant development of information technology, information into education teaching quality evaluation has injected new vitality.The evaluation for teaching quality of university is to add the power and energy of teaching. Evaluation for teaching quality of university based on AHP is proposed in the paper. Evaluation scale among evaluation indexes is given, and the weights of evaluation indexes are obtained. The absolute weights of the second-degree indexes are gained. The economics teacher is applied to evaluate the effectiveness of AHP technology. The experimental results show the evaluation for teaching quality of university based on AHP has excellent results.

scholarly journals The Role of Communication and Information Technology in the Health Care Providing Office

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (36) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Monea ◽  
Anca Maria Pop ◽  
Olah Peter
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Definition Of

Health informatics technology includes the information technology and electronics employed during medical care procedures and is generally known as clinical informatics. The definition of this specialty was given by the American Medical Information Association in order to describe the role of communication systems in improving the doctor-patient relationship and the quality of medical care. The aim of our investigation was to evaluate the frequency of computer based methods use by medical personnel during daily basic activities in a private dental office. An original questionnaire was sent to a target group of 200 dentists with private dental practice from Mureș County, Romania, with an age between 30-55 years with a private practice opened for at least 2 years. For statistical analysis we used SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science, version 10.1). The evaluation of results showed that dental software is considered by the majority of respondents to have an important role in improving the quality of medical act and elimination of time consuming procedures.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Interventions to Promote Sustainable Employability: A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmelie Hazelzet ◽  
Eleonora Picco ◽  
Inge Houkes ◽  
Hans Bosma ◽  
Angelique de Rijk
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Quality ◽  
Quality Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Included Study ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Sustainable Employability ◽  
Core Components

Background: Despite growing interest in sustainable employability (SE), studies on the effectiveness of interventions aimed at employees’ SE are scarce. In this review, SE is defined by four core components: health, productivity, valuable work, and long-term perspective. The aim of this review is to summarize the effectiveness of employer-initiated SE interventions and to analyze whether their content and outcome measures addressed these SE components. Methods: A systematic search was performed in six databases for the period January 1997 to June 2018. The methodological quality of each included study was assessed. A customized form was used to extract data and categorize interventions according to SE components. Results: The initial search identified 596 articles and 7 studies were included. Methodological quality ranged from moderate to weak. All interventions addressed the components ‘health’ and ‘valuable work’. Positive effects were found for ‘valuable work’ outcomes. Conclusions: The quality of evidence was moderate to weak. The ‘valuable work’ component appeared essential for the effectiveness of SE interventions. Higher-quality evaluation studies are needed, as are interventions that effectively integrate all SE core components in their content.

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