How important is theory in health informatics?: a survey of UK academics

Philip Scott; Jim Briggs; James Wyatt; Andrew Georgiou

doi:10.3233/978-1-60750-806-9-223

How important is theory in health informatics? a survey of UK academics

Philip Scott, Jim Briggs, James Wyatt, Andrew Georgiou

School of Computing

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Abstract

The disciplinary status of health informatics remains unclear. Is it an art or a science? Does it have a body of theory? A survey was devised for UK academics that teach or research health informatics. Forty-six responses were received, twenty-five from the target group (representing between a quarter and a third of the population of interest). Health informatics is not perceived to have a well-known and clearly definable body of theory, but there is a clear demand for a more theoretical basis for the discipline. Journals and conferences were rated as the best sources of theory and seven key textbooks were identified.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	User centred networked health care
Editors	Anne Moen, Stig Kjaer Andersen, Jos Aarts, Petter Hurlen
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	223-227
ISBN (Electronic)	9781607508069
ISBN (Print)	9781607508052
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-806-9-223
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	Medical Informatics Europe - Oslo, Norway Duration: 28 Aug 2011 → 31 Aug 2011

Publication series

Name	Studies in health technology and informatics
Publisher	IOS Press
Volume	169

Conference

Conference	Medical Informatics Europe
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Oslo
Period	28/08/11 → 31/08/11

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Scott, P, Briggs, J, Wyatt, J & Georgiou, A 2011, How important is theory in health informatics? a survey of UK academics. in A Moen, SK Andersen, J Aarts & P Hurlen (eds), User centred networked health care. Studies in health technology and informatics, vol. 169, IOS Press, Amsterdam, pp. 223-227, Medical Informatics Europe, Oslo, Norway, 28/08/11. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-806-9-223

How important is theory in health informatics? a survey of UK academics. / Scott, Philip; Briggs, Jim; Wyatt, James et al.
User centred networked health care. ed. / Anne Moen; Stig Kjaer Andersen; Jos Aarts; Petter Hurlen. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2011. p. 223-227 (Studies in health technology and informatics; Vol. 169).

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