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" Evaluation methods in medical informatics / "
Charles P. Friedman, Jeremy C. Wyatt ; foreword by Edward H. Shortliffe.
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BL
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959667
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b714037
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| Main Entry
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Friedman, Charles P.
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Evaluation methods in medical informatics /\ Charles P. Friedman, Jeremy C. Wyatt ; foreword by Edward H. Shortliffe.
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New York :: Springer,, ©1997.
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Computers and medicine
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xix, 311 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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0387942289
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: 3540942289
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: 9780387942285
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: 9783540942283
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Challenges of evaluation in medical informatics -- 2. Evaluation as a field -- 3. Studying clinical information systems -- 4. Structure of objectivist studies -- 5. Basics of measurement -- 6. Developing measurement technique -- 7. Design, conduct, and analysis of demonstration studies -- 8. Subjectivist approaches to evaluations -- 9. Design and conduct of subjectivist studies -- 10. Organizational evaluation of clinical information resources -- 11. Proposing, reporting, and refereeing evaluation studies: Study ethocs.
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This book addresses both the underlying science and day-to-day practice of evaluating information systems in clinical and educational settings. It specifically addresses how to: frame appropriate questions to be addressed in an evaluation ; design, carry out and interpret rigorous studies using a wide range of quantitative and qualitative techniques ; negotiate and conduct studies in the context of ongoing health care ; propose study designs and communicate results to multiple audiences.
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Medical informatics-- Research-- Methodology.
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Medicine-- Data processing-- Evaluation.
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