Abstract
A continuing challenge in health informatics and health evaluation is to enable access
to the practice of health care so that the determinants of successful care and good
health outcomes can be measured, evaluated and analysed. Furthermore the results of
the analysis should be available to the health care practitioner or to the patient
as might be appropriate, so that he or she can use this information for continual
improvement of practice and optimisation of outcomes. In this paper we review two
experiences, one in primary care, the FAMUS project, and the other in hospital care,
the Autocontrol project. Each project demonstrates an informatics approach for evaluation
research in the clinical setting and indicates ways in which useful information can
be obtained which with appropriate feed-back and education can be used towards the
achievement of better health. Emphasis is given to data collection methods compatible
with practice and to high quality information feedback, particularly in the team context,
to enable the formulation of strategies for practice improvement.
Keywords
Data Collection - Evaluation Research - Health Informatics - Clinical Strategies
