title: Discussion of "Evidence-based Health Informatics: How Do We Know What We Know?".
abstract: This article is part of a For-Discussion-Section of Methods of Information in Medicine about the paper "Evidence-based Health Informatics: How Do We Know What We Know?" written by Elske Ammenwerth [1]. It is introduced by an editorial. This article contains the combined commentaries invited to independently comment on the Ammenwerth paper. In subsequent issues the discussion can continue through letters to the editor. With these comments on the paper "Evidence-based Health Informatics: How do we know what we know?", written by Elske Ammenwerth [1], the journal seeks to stimulate a broad discussion on the challenges of evaluating information processing and information technology in health care. An international group of experts has been invited by the editor of Methods to comment on this paper. Each of the invited commentaries forms one section of this paper.
authors.affiliation: Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, Geneva 27, CH-1211, Switzerland, E-mail: shorbajin@who.int.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al-Shorbaji
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hanmer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hussein
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Magrabi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moen
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.forename: H-A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008490:Medical Informatics
keywords: Medical informatics; evaluation studies; evidence-based medicine; information science; meta-analysis; publication bias; qualitative research; review literature