Visions and strategies to improve evaluation of health information systems: Reflections and lessons based on the HIS-EVAL workshop in Innsbruck

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Ammenwerth, E., Brender, J., Nykänen, P., Prokosch, H. U., Rigby, M., & Talmon, J. (2004). Visions and strategies to improve evaluation of health information systems: Reflections and lessons based on the HIS-EVAL workshop in Innsbruck. International journal of medical informatics, 73(6), 479-491. [1]

Background

Evaluation in HIS includes assessing the “quality, value, effects, and impacts of information technology” as well as its implementation that leads to improvements and evidence-based practices. However, difficultly in evaluation may begin with identifying what area to first start in or an approach that will function optimally. Methods This study looked at a subjectivist approach for evaluation by hosting a program called New Approaches to the Systematic Evaluation of Health Information Sciences (HIS-EVAL) served as a forum to discuss barriers and problems to evaluation, creation of visions for evaluation needs, as well as action steps to achieve strategic evaluation

Results

Participants of the HIS-EVAL created a Declaration of Innsbruck [2]which pointed out observations and recommendations of what should be considered for evaluation of HIS.

Conclusions

This workshop served as a forum for the European network and possibly a framework for future evaluation use of HIS.

Comments

This article was interesting as it presenting some of the difficulties facing evaluation of health information and its systems. Additionally, from a subjectivist approach, it allows for different minds and theorist to come together to decide what reasons and ideas could be used for standardizing evaluation methods.

  1. Ammenwerth, E., Brender, J., Nykänen, P., Prokosch, H. U., Rigby, M., & Talmon, J. (2004). Visions and strategies to improve evaluation of health information systems: Reflections and lessons based on the HIS-EVAL workshop in Innsbruck. International journal of medical informatics, 73(6), 479-491. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15171977
  2. Talmon, J. L., & Ammenwerth, E. (2004, November). “The Declaration of Innsbruck”: Some Reflections. In Health Continuum and Data Exchange in Belgium and in the Netherlands: Proceeedings of Medical Informatics Congress (MIC 2004) & 5th Belgian E-Health Conference (Vol. 110, p. 68). IOS Press. http://ebooks.iospress.nl/publication/10011