TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation research studies essential to ensuring health information systems meet the needs of users, including patients
AU - Callen, Joanne
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Electronic health records and the Internet will continue to transform how information is accessed and shared. Users of health data such as health professionals, governments, policymakers, researchers and patients themselves need to be able to access the right information at the right time and be confident in the quality of that information, whether personal, aggregated or knowledge based. It is essential to evaluate information systems and applications that claim to improve information quality and access in order to provide evidence that they support healthcare delivery and improve patient outcomes.
AB - Electronic health records and the Internet will continue to transform how information is accessed and shared. Users of health data such as health professionals, governments, policymakers, researchers and patients themselves need to be able to access the right information at the right time and be confident in the quality of that information, whether personal, aggregated or knowledge based. It is essential to evaluate information systems and applications that claim to improve information quality and access in order to provide evidence that they support healthcare delivery and improve patient outcomes.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84968586051&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1833358316639457
DO - 10.1177/1833358316639457
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 27105480
AN - SCOPUS:84968586051
SN - 1833-3583
VL - 45
SP - 3
EP - 4
JO - Health Information Management Journal
JF - Health Information Management Journal
IS - 1
ER -