André Kushniruk|Camille Patel|Vimla L. Patel|James J. Cimino
‘Televaluation’ of clinical information systems: an integrative approach to assessing Web-based systems
McGill University|York University|McGill University|McGill University|Columbia University Irving Medical Center
world wide web provides unprecedented opportunity widespread access healthcare applications patients providers development new methods assessing effectiveness usability systems becoming critical issue paper describes distance evaluation ie televaluation emerging webbased information technologies health informatics evaluation need application new ideas methods fields cognitive science usability engineering framework presented conducting evaluations healthcare information technologies integrates number methods ranging deployment online questionnaires webbased forms remote videobased usability testing user interactions clinical information systems examples illustrating application techniques presented assessment patient clinical information system patcis well evaluation use webbased clinical guidelines issues designing prototyping iteratively refining evaluation components discussed along description virtual usability laboratory