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Taylor & Francis

Health Information Technology Evaluation HandbookFrom Meaningful Use to Meaningful Outcomes\nAuthor(s): Vitaly Herasevich, MD, PhD, MSc, Brian W. Pickering, MD, MSc\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367488215, 978-0367488215\nSynopsis\nGovernments and clinical providers are investing billions of dollars in health information technologies (HIT). This is being done with the expectation that HIT adoption will translate into healthier patients experiencing better care at lower cost. In the initial push to roll out HIT, the reliability of these claims was often not substantiated by systematic evaluation and testing. As the first wave of widespread adoption of HIT comes to an end and the next wave begins, it is more important than ever that stakeholders evaluate the results of their investment, evaluate their success (or failure), and make decisions about future directions. \n\nStructured evaluations of a projects impac.