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Evaluating for Success

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Transforming Health Care Through Information

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Abstract

Evaluation is an increasingly critical concept in today’s health care arena, which faces rapidly escalating demands for accountability. There are three critical questions in any evaluation process:

  1. 1.

    Did we select the correct target for our organization?

  2. 2.

    Did we reach that target?

  3. 3.

    Did we use our resources efficiently in reaching the target?

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References

  1. Lorenzi NM, Riley RT. Organizational Aspects of Health Informatics: Managing Technological Change. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1994.

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  2. Alkin MC. Evaluation theory and development. Evaluation Comment 1969;2:2–7.

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  1. Jan C. Keijzer
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  2. Stefan G. Rodrigo
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 231 Bethesda Avenue, 45267, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Nancy M. Lorenzi Ph.D. (Associate Senior Vice President) (Associate Senior Vice President)

  2. Riley Associates, 221 Hilltop Lane, 45215, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Robert T. Riley Ph.D. (President) (President)

  3. Corporate Information and Communication Systems, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 100 N. Greene Street, 21201-1502, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Marion J. Ball Ed.D. (Vice President of Education Services) (Vice President of Education Services)

  4. Information Services, University of Maryland, 100 N. Greene Street, 21201-1502, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Judith V. Douglas MHS (Director and Assistant to the Vice President) (Director and Assistant to the Vice President)

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Keijzer, J.C., Rodrigo, S.G. (1995). Evaluating for Success. In: Lorenzi, N.M., Riley, R.T., Ball, M.J., Douglas, J.V. (eds) Transforming Health Care Through Information. Computers in Health Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2385-4_15

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