Research needs and priorities in health informatics--early results of a Delphi study.
A four-phased Delphi study has been performed on the topic of "research needs and priorities to implement the Information Society within Healthcare". This contribution presents the outcome of the first three phases. The biggest surprises are that 'Telemedicine' is relatively lower ranked than expected, and that 'Business Process Re-engineering' is the highest ranking topic, as judged from the number of issues and barriers raised by the expert panel.
Brender
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Aalborg University, Virtual-Centre for Health Informatics, Denmark. jytte.brender@v-chi.dk
McNair
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Nøhr
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D003697:Delphi Technique; D003718:Denmark; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D008492:Medical Informatics Computing; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012106:Research