ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - WHICH QUESTIONS FOR WHICH SYSTEMS - PROPOSAL FOR A TAXONOMY

After a brief description of the main domains of application of medica l informatics, a typology of questions to be assessed, and of the invo lved actors, is presented. Dimensions of technology assessment include techniques, medical and health efficacy, economics, sociology, and la w and ethics. Barriers to evaluation are analysed. They include barrie rs related to the domain complexity, human motivation and methodologic al barriers. Finally categories of solutions and research areas are su ggested.