ArticlePLoS medicine2010
Why do evaluations of eHealth programs fail? An alternative set of guiding principles.
Article in PLoS medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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90 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- How effective are electronic medication systems in reducing medication error rates and associated harm among hospital inpatients? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2021Pooled it
- The Evidence Base for an Ideal Care Pathway for Frail Multimorbid Elderly: Combined Scoping and Systematic Intervention Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- Application of Mobile Health Technologies Aimed at Salt Reduction: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
- Evidence-Based Evaluation of eHealth Interventions: Systematic Literature Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Primary care physicians' attitudes to the adoption of electronic medical records: a systematic review and evidence synthesis using the clinical adoption framework.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2018Pooled it
- Information Architecture of Web-Based Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Evaluation Methods for Assessing Users' Psychological Experiences of Web-Based Psychosocial Interventions: A Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Pooled it
- A Strategic Study about Quality Characteristics in e-Health Systems Based on a Systematic Literature Review.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2015Pooled it
- An Internet-Based Intervention for Cardiovascular Disease Management Integrated With Primary Care Electronic Health Records: Mixed Methods Evaluation of Implementation Fidelity and User Engagement.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
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- Evaluating clinical decision support software (CDSS): challenges for robust evidence generation.International journal of technology assessment in health care · 2024Article
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