title: Evidence based health informatics.
abstract: This chapter gives an educational overview of: * The need for a systematic evaluation of health information systems * How to plan and execute an evaluation study * How to select adequate quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods * How to judge the quality of an evaluation study * The idea of evidence-based health informatics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Information Systems, University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT), Austria. elske.ammenwerth@umit.at
authors.forename: Elske
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ammenwerth
mesh_terms: D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D012308:Risk Management