A discipline involving the fields of information science, computer science and medicine, concerning the optimization of the use of information technology in medical applications.
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Introducing the COrETeSt Feasibility Analysis in Medical Informatics: A Case Study of a Decision-Support Knowledge System in the Dutch Primary Care Sector
Michiel C. Meulendijk (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Clara Drenth-van Maanen (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Paul Jansen (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Sjaak Brinkkemper (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Mattijs Numans (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), and Marco Spruit (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Copyright: © 2013
|Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3990-4.ch056
Abstract
Although the conduction of feasibility analyses before executing comprehensive projects is often urged in literature, little standardization exists regarding actual approaches. In this chapter, the authors describe the practice of conducting a feasibility analysis of a decision-support knowledge platform in the Dutch primary care sector, and present recommendations for researchers and entrepreneurs performing similar projects accordingly. The research question, investigating how the feasibility of a decision-support knowledge platform in the primary care domain can be investigated, is answered by describing in detail the issues encountered during the process and included as COrETeSt-recommendations: the investigation of conceptual, organizational, economic, technological, and societal aspects comprises an extensive feasibility analysis in the primary care domain.