Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10065, USA.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011 Nov-Dec;18(6):749-53. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000249. Epub 2011 Jul 31.
Implementing health information technology (IT) at the community level is a national priority to help improve healthcare quality, safety, and efficiency. However, community-based organizations implementing health IT may not have expertise in evaluation. This study describes lessons learned from experience as a multi-institutional academic collaborative established to provide independent evaluation of community-based health IT initiatives. The authors' experience derived from adapting the principles of community-based participatory research to the field of health IT. To assist other researchers, the lessons learned under four themes are presented: (A) the structure of the partnership between academic investigators and the community; (B) communication issues; (C) the relationship between implementation timing and evaluation studies; and (D) study methodology. These lessons represent practical recommendations for researchers interested in pursuing similar collaborations.
在社区层面实施健康信息技术（IT）是国家的重点工作，有助于提高医疗质量、安全性和效率。然而，实施健康 IT 的社区组织可能不具备评估方面的专业知识。本研究描述了作为一个多机构学术合作组织的经验教训，该组织旨在为社区健康 IT 计划提供独立评估。作者的经验来自于将社区参与性研究的原则应用于健康 IT 领域。为了帮助其他研究人员，根据四个主题总结了经验教训：（A）学术调查人员与社区之间的伙伴关系结构；（B）沟通问题；（C）实施时机与评估研究之间的关系；和（D）研究方法。这些经验教训为有兴趣开展类似合作的研究人员提供了实用建议。
