The use and interpretation of quasi-experimental studies in medical informatics.
Quasi-experimental study designs, often described as nonrandomized, pre-post intervention studies, are common in the medical informatics literature. Yet little has been written about the benefits and limitations of the quasi-experimental approach as applied to informatics studies. This paper outlines a relative hierarchy and nomenclature of quasi-experimental study designs that is applicable to medical informatics intervention studies. In addition, the authors performed a systematic review of two medical informatics journals, the [...]
Author(s): Harris, Anthony D, McGregor, Jessina C, Perencevich, Eli N, Furuno, Jon P, Zhu, Jingkun, Peterson, Dan E, Finkelstein, Joseph
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1749