PET/CT: Defining Value to Patients and Health Systems

Defining Research to Improve Health Systems

Robert Terry and colleagues present working definitions of operational research, implementation research, and health systems research within the context of research to strengthen health systems.

Reduced-dose [F]-FDG PETCT scanning with current generation PETCT systems

Defining Health in the Era of Value-based Care: Lessons from England of Relevance to Other Health Systems

The demand for healthcare is rising due to aging populations, rising chronic disease prevalence, and technological innovations. There are currently more effective and cost-effective interventions available than can be afforded within limited budgets. A new way of thinking about the optimal use of resources is needed. Ensuring that available resources are used for interventions that provide outc...

Defining evaluation criteria for Health Information Systems using Human, organization and technology-fit factors (HOT-fit): systematic review

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to conduct a review of a series of published studies on evaluation of health information systems in order to determine the criteria of evaluation of hospital information systems using HOT-fit framework Information sources or data: The present study is a review study to evaluate articles of English databases PubMed, scupos and Persian databases Irandoc...

Defining value-based objectives for ERP systems planning

a r t i c l e i n f o The planning and subsequent implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems still present a significant challenge for most organizations. Although consulting firms and customer enterprises have been aquiring more experience and expertise in the field, the level of sophistication of these systems and their wide organizational and social impact frequently leads ...