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3. STARE-HI - Guidelines for authors of IT evaluation studies Why STARE-HI (Jan Talmon)

3. STARE-HI - Guidelines for authors of IT evaluation studies Why STARE-HI (Jan Talmon) STARE-HI: Guidelines for authors. Good reports will be referenced Good reports have influence on the standing of the journal (IF) IJMI welcomes papers that evaluate HI in a clinical setting.

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3. STARE-HI - Guidelines for authors of IT evaluation studies Why STARE-HI (Jan Talmon)

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  1. 3. STARE-HI - Guidelines for authors of • IT evaluation studies • Why STARE-HI (Jan Talmon) • STARE-HI: Guidelines for authors

  2. Good reports will be referenced Good reports have influence on the standing of the journal (IF) IJMI welcomes papers that evaluate HI in a clinical setting Motivation

  3. Variability in reporting Nearly all papers fall short on a few accounts Studies may be valid, but papers often raise more questions then being answered by the study Current Situation

  4. Status of system unclear Functionality of system unclear No account for sample size (power) Poor motivation for study design and methods chosen Poor discussion, no critical attitude Not clear what lessons are learnt Main problems

  5. 3. STARE-HI - Guidelines for authors of • IT evaluation studies • Why STARE-HI • STARE-HI: Guidelines for authors

  6. Aim of STARE-HI • STARE-HI = Standards for Reporting of Evaluation Studies in Health Informatics • Provide guidelines on how to write an IT evaluation paper(a paper reporting on an IT evaluation study). • To support • Authors when writing a paper • Reviewers and editors when assessing a paper

  7. Development of STARE-HI (1/3) • Only adaption of CONOSRT or comparable guidelines for RCT? • Not really a solution, because • There is more than RCT • Socio-technical assessment • Qualitative studies • Specific issues of health informatics evaluaiton studies

  8. Development of STARE-HI (2/3) • Input for STARE-HI draft: • Other recommendations such as CONSORT (RCT papers), STARD (studies of diagnostic accuracy), INAHTA (HTA reports), QUORUM (meta-analysis) etc. • Own experiences as authors, reviewers and editors

  9. Development of STARE-HI (3/3) • Writing team of IT evaluation experts • EFMI WG • IMIA WG • AMIA WG

  10. Structure STARE-HI • Describes items that should be contained in the various sections of an IT evaluation paper • Title and Abstract • Introduction • Method • Results • Discussion • Conclusion

  11. Content of STARE-HI • 1. Title • 2. Abstract • 3. Keywords • 4. Conflict of Interest • 5. Introduction • 5.1 Scientific background • 5.2 Rationale for the study • 5.3 Ojectives of the study • 6. Study context • 6.1 System details • 6.2 Location • 6.2 Study constraints, conditions and context • 7. Method and material • 7.1 Study design/method description • 7.2 Frame of reference • 7.3 Participants • 7. Method and material (cont) • 7.4 Study duration • 7.5 Outcome • 7.6 Data acquisition • 7.7 Data analysis • 8. Results • 8.1Baseline data • 8.2 Study flow • 8.3 Unexpected events • 8.4 Outcome data • 9. Discussion • 9.1 Discussion of Findings • 9.2 Discussion of Methods • 10. Conclusion • 11. References • 12. Appendices

  12. Discussion at MIE2006 Revision 1 Discussion through EFMI-WG/IMIA-WG website Revision 2 Discussion at AMIA2006 Solicit comments of editors of MI and general medicine journals Revision 3 Final round for comments Final version Submission to MI and general medicine journals How to proceed

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