1997 Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information Conference

Session Summary: Post-Conference Workshop C

Evaluation Issues in Consumer Health Informatics

Thursday, April 17
9:00-12:00 PM

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington D.C.

Workshop Faculty

Farrokh Alemi, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Health Administration, Cleveland State University
Robert Hawkins, Ph.D., Professor of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin
Holly Jimison, Ph.D., Informed Patient Decisions Group, Oregon Health Sciences University
Suzanne Pingree, Ph.D., Professor of Family and Consumer Communication, University of Wisconsin

Workshop Issues

This workshop will examine the following questions: Do we always need evaluation? Which evaluation strategies are most useful for promoting the development of high quality products? Should evaluations be carried out by people independently of the developers? What new issues do new technologies raise? What new tools do the technologies themselves bring to evaluation? How should evaluation resources be divided between development and outcomes?

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