A viewpoint on evidence-based health informatics, based on a pilot survey on evaluation studies in health care informatics.
Concerned about evidence-based health informatics, the authors conducted a limited pilot survey attempting to determine how many IT evaluation studies in health care are never published, and why. A survey distributed to 722 academics had a low response rate, with 136 respondents giving instructive comments on 217 evaluation studies. Of those studies, half were published in international journals, and more than one-third were never published. Reasons for not publishing (with [...]
Author(s): Ammenwerth, Elske, de Keizer, Nicolette
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2276