Applied Clinical Informatics Article
Confronting and resolving an ethical dilemma associated with a practice based evaluation using observational methodology of health information technology.
As the adoption of health information technology (HIT) has escalated, efforts to evaluate its uptake have increased. The evaluation of HIT often requires direct observation of health care practitioners interacting with the system. When in the field, the evaluator who is not a trained health care provider may observe suboptimal use of the technology. If evaluators have plans to share the results of the evaluation at the conclusion of the [...]
Author(s): Sockolow, P S, Taylor, H A
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2010-02-CR-0014