Heavily updated and revised from the successful first edition
Appeals to a wide range of informatics professionals, from students to on-site medical information system administrators
Includes case studies and real world system evaluations
References and self-tests for feedback and motivation after each chapter
Great for teaching purposes, the book is recommended for courses offered at universities such as Columbia University
Precise definition and use of terms
Charles P. Friedman is the Josiah Macy Jr. Professor of Medical Education and Chair of the Department of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School. Throughout his career, Dr. Friedman’s primary academic interests have intertwined biomedical and health informatics with the processes of education and learning. He has taught evaluation methods to students and professionals for 40 years and has designed and conducted numerous evaluation studies.
Jeremy C. Wyatt is Professor of Digital Healthcare at the University of Southampton and an eminent medical informatician. In recent years he was responsible for developing a new program of digital healthcare research and for coordinating the activities of the Wessex Institute of Health Research. He has taught evaluation methods to Master & PhD students in London, Dundee and Leeds Universities and has published over 100 articles on evaluation methods in biomedical and health informatics.
Joan S. Ash is a Professor in the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA. Her study team has evaluated the implementation of clinical systems at over 50 hospitals and outpatient settings across the US, primarily using applied ethnographic approaches. She has developed and taught courses and workshops in qualitative methods across the US and internationally.