Health and Clinical Management - Impact on Clinical Outcome

Summary

Objectives

To summarize current excellent research in the field of health and clinical management.

Method

Synopsis of the articles selected for the IMIA Yearbook 2007.

Results

Five articles from international peer reviewed journals were selected for the section on health and clinical management of the IMIA Yearbook 2007. They represent outstanding research on computerized provider order entry, computer applications in the field of translational medicine, time efficiency of electronic health records, and deliverance of telemedicine.

Conclusions

In the field of health and clinical management, clinical outcome of computer-supported healthcare, cost-benefit analysis, and barriers and facilitators for technology adoption are still current research topics.

Keywords

Medical informatics - International Medical Informatics Association - yearbook - patient care management - technology assessment - biomedical

• References

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