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Experience with a structure, process and outcome framework for evaluating an information system

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  • Cornford, T
  • Doukidis, Gi
  • Forster, D

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There are a number of problems in assessing the quality and performance of any information system, but these are particularly acute when it is intended for use within a developing country environment. This paper presents the case for structured evaluation of such systems, based on experience with a medical decision-aid system for developing countries. The paper provides a framework to approach the evaluation task combining work in the area of information systems and health policy analysis. The model used is built around the three concepts of a system's structure, the process it supports and the outcome of its use. This three-part analysis is then applied at three main levels: that of the system's functioning, human and user perspectives and the overall impact of the system, in this case the impact on the health care system.

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  • Cornford, T & Doukidis, Gi & Forster, D, 1994. "Experience with a structure, process and outcome framework for evaluating an information system," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 22(5), pages 491-504, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:jomega:v:22:y:1994:i:5:p:491-504
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    1. Iannacci, Federico & Cornford, Tony, 2017. "Unravelling casual and temporal influences underpinning monitoring systems success: a typological approach," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 84049, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Arnold Reisman & Muhittin Oral, 2005. "Soft Systems Methodology: A Context Within a 50-Year Retrospective of OR/MS," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 35(2), pages 164-178, April.
    3. Davies, John Kenneth & Sherriff, Nigel, 2011. "The gradient in health inequalities among families and children: A review of evaluation frameworks," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 101(1), pages 1-10, June.
    4. Federico Iannacci & Tony Cornford & Antonio Cordella & Francesco Grillo, 2009. "Evaluating Monitoring Systems in the European Social Fund Context," Evaluation Review, , vol. 33(5), pages 419-445, October.

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