MUST-A participatory method for designing sustainable health IT

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Several important issues in designing sustainable health IT, such as coherent visions for change and genuine user involvement, are too often neglected or not paid enough attention to in practice. The MUST method addresses the early stages in the design of sustainable IT applications. The method highlights how those issues can be dealt with as it provides practical recommendations in terms of principles, tools and techniques. The method has proven helpful in assisting project participants to focus on and combine issues that are also crucial when designing health IT. Must has been developedtested in commercial settings. Here however, we illustrate the method's potential for health IT as it was recently used for the evaluation of a faulty health IT project intended to support shared care in relation to pregnancy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMEDINFO 2007 - Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics : Building Sustainable Health Systems
Number of pages5
PublisherIMIA and IOS Press
Publication date2007
Pages1204-1208
ISBN (Print)9781586037741
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event12th World Congress on Medical Informatics, MEDINFO 2007 - Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Duration: 20 Aug 200724 Aug 2007

Conference

Conference12th World Congress on Medical Informatics, MEDINFO 2007
LandAustralia
ByBrisbane, QLD
Periode20/08/200724/08/2007
SeriesStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume129
ISSN0926-9630

    Research areas

  • action research, health informatics, methodology, shared care, sustainability, systems design

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