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. 2009 Aug;6(8):e1000126.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000126. Epub 2009 Aug 18.

Evaluating eHealth interventions: the need for continuous systemic evaluation

Lorraine Catwell  1 , Aziz Sheikh
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Evaluating eHealth interventions: the need for continuous systemic evaluation

Lorraine Catwell et al. PLoS Med. 2009 Aug.

Abstract

In the first in a series of three articles on evaluating eHealth, Aziz Sheikh and Lorraine Catwell outline the background to the series and discuss the importance of evaluating the widespread investments in and adoption of information communication technology in health care.

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Conflict of interest statement

AS is and has been involved in a number of evaluations of IT in health care funded by Asthma UK, British Lung Foundation, Intel, CSO, and the NHS Connecting for Health Evaluation Programme. He is principal investigator on projects evaluating the international literature on the impact of eHealth on the quality and safety of health care, a benefits assessment of the impact of increased structuring and coding of patient data, and the evaluation of the national implementation of electronic health records into hospitals in England.

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Figure 1. Schematic for simplified evaluation process.
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