Evidence-Based Health Informatics - Promoting Safety and Efficiency through Scientific Methods and Ethical Policy

• Main Author: M. Rigby (ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: E. Ammenwerth (ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IOS Press 2016
• Series: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
• Subjects: health; health informatics; IT; healthcare; policy; policymakers
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

"Health IT is a major field of investment in support of healthcare delivery, but patients and professionals tend to have systems imposed upon them by organizational policy or as a result of even higher policy decision. And, while many health IT systems are efficient and welcomed by their users,...