@inproceedings{025e707707b74709abe523221fe7ae34,
title = "How important is theory in health informatics? A survey of UK academics",
abstract = "The disciplinary status of health informatics remains unclear. Is it an art or a science? Does it have a body of theory? A survey was devised for UK academics that teach or research health informatics. Forty-six responses were received, twenty-five from the target group (representing between a quarter and a third of the population of interest). Health informatics is not perceived to have a well-known and clearly definable body of theory, but there is a clear demand for a more theoretical basis for the discipline. Journals and conferences were rated as the best sources of theory and seven key textbooks were identified. ",
keywords = "Medical informatics, health informatic, theoretical models, review",
author = "Philip Scott and James Briggs and Jeremy Wyatt and Andrew Georgiou",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.3233/978-1-60750-806-9-223",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781607508052",
series = "Studies in health technology and informatics",
publisher = "IOS Press",
pages = "223--227",
editor = "Anne Moen and Andersen, {Stig Kj{\ae}r} and Jos Aarts and Petter Hurlen",
booktitle = "User centred networked health care",
address = "Netherlands",
note = "23rd International Conference of the European Federation for Medical Informatics, MIE - 2011 ; Conference date: 28-08-2011 Through 31-08-2011",
}