title: Assessing and improving evidence based health informatics research.
abstract: This chapter gives an educational overview of: * health informatics research, its aims and scope and how is distinguished from other activities * quality criteria for health informatics research * past research in health informatics and how it could be improved * critically appraised published research to motivate readers to carry out research themselves * online resources to support and improve their research.
authors.affiliation: Health Informatics Centre, University of Dundee, Scotland. j.wyatt@chs.dundee.ac.uk
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wyatt
mesh_terms: D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D008490:Medical Informatics; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards*; D012107:Research Design