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Good evaluation practice guidelines for health informatics - A shared networked initiative, EFMI, IMIA for guidelines development GEP-HI Coordinators Pirkko Nykänen, Tampere University Jytte Brender, Aalborg University. Motivation. Need to have good practice guidance
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Good evaluation practice guidelines for health informatics - A shared networked initiative, EFMI, IMIA for guidelines developmentGEP-HICoordinatorsPirkko Nykänen, Tampere UniversityJytte Brender, Aalborg University
Motivation • Need to have good practice guidance • No single, global methodology exists • variety of approaches, methodologies, mindsets • Good practice guidelines should serve as: • Framework to design evaluation studies, to select methodologies, to conduct studies • Supportfor health professionals and users to understand evaluation and contribute to evaluation studies
Objectives • Generic practical guidelines that provide evaluators, users, health professionals with structured, scientifically justified and grounded, comprehensive and understandable set of rules for good practice • To design and carry out evaluation studies in health informatics domain
Objectives – practically • Guidelines: • Criteria and aspects, both in quantitative and qualitative terms, to consider at each evaluation stage • Carry out evaluation of the specific aspect, criteria at specific stage • Design and manage the evaluation study • Guidelines from all stakeholders viewpoints: third party evaluators, users, health professionals, managers, decision makers, health economists,...
How to develop GEP-HI guidelines • Follow guidelines development principles • Expert panel • Existing literature and material on evaluation studies, methodologies, reported evaluation experiences, guidelines for good clinical practice, codes of ethics, good implementation practices critical study and assessment, review • External review!
Project Controlling & Risk Management Study Implementation The Study GEP-HI guidelines Receiver Exploration Publication 1... n Report Buyer Team: iterative discussion and consensus First Study Design Report Buyer Internal Report Selection of Methods Study Design Including: Goal and Mandate Report Buyer Participants Internal Reports Interim Reports Buyer (?) Participants Final Study Report Buyer Participants C Weßel 2006-12-06 GEP-HI Suggestion for a Flowchart
GEP-HI guidelines • Study exploration: starting questions of the study • First study design: preliminary design of an evaluation study • Selection of methods: detailed methodological plan • Detailed study design: project management and evaluation methods • Study implementation: Designed study is performed • Project controlling and risk management: good project management pracices • Reports and publications: follow STARE-HI recommendations on how to report evaluation studies
GEP-HI guidelines.. status now • Draft exists • Guidelines are presented for evaluation and asssessment for the medical informatics community • IMIA, EFMI experts • Guidelines are made accessible soon through: • iig.umit.at/efmi • everybody is asked to contribute • guidelines are published as a paper • presented for IMIA
Contact Pirkko.Nykanen@uta.fi