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Proposing, Reporting, and Refereeing Evaluation Studies; Study Ethics

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This final chapter addresses a set of issues focusing on communication. These are the often “hidden” but important considerations that can determine if a study receives the resources that make its conduct possible, if a study in progress encounters procedural difficulties, and if a completed study leads to improvement or adoption of an information resource. Whether a study is funded depends on how well the plan for the study is represented in a proposal; whether a study encounters procedural difficulties depends on the investigator’s adherence to general ethical standards as well as more specific stipulations built into an evaluation contract; whether a study leads to improvement or adoption of a resource depends on how well the study findings are represented in various reports.

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  1. University of North Carolina, 8074, Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Charles P. Friedman Ph.D. (Professor and Director, Formerly Assistant Dean for Medical Education and Informatics)

  2. Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, 8074, Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Charles P. Friedman Ph.D. (Professor and Director, Formerly Assistant Dean for Medical Education and Informatics)

  3. Imperial Cancer Research Fund, P.O. Box 123, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK

    Jeremy C. Wyatt M.B., B.S., D.M., M.R.C.P. (Consultant, Medical Informatics)

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Friedman, C.P., Wyatt, J.C. (1997). Proposing, Reporting, and Refereeing Evaluation Studies; Study Ethics. In: Evaluation Methods in Medical Informatics. Computers and Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2685-5_11

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