TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating the cost-effectiveness of health information technologies
T2 - a systematic review protocol
AU - Sheikh, Aziz
AU - Nurmatov, Ulugbek B
AU - Cresswell, Kathrin
AU - Bates, David
PY - 2013/12/16
Y1 - 2013/12/16
N2 - There is a need to develop new, more cost-effective models of healthcare and in this vein there is a considerable international interest in exploiting the potential offered by major developments in health information technologies (HITs). Very substantial investments are, as a result, now being made globally, but these still probably only represent a fraction of the investments needed if healthcare is to make the transition from the paper to the digital era. Investing greater resources is, however, inherently challenging and unpopular at a time of financial austerity and this is furthermore complicated by the thus far variable evidence of health benefits and demonstrable short-term to medium-term returns associated with investments in HITs.
AB - There is a need to develop new, more cost-effective models of healthcare and in this vein there is a considerable international interest in exploiting the potential offered by major developments in health information technologies (HITs). Very substantial investments are, as a result, now being made globally, but these still probably only represent a fraction of the investments needed if healthcare is to make the transition from the paper to the digital era. Investing greater resources is, however, inherently challenging and unpopular at a time of financial austerity and this is furthermore complicated by the thus far variable evidence of health benefits and demonstrable short-term to medium-term returns associated with investments in HITs.
U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003737
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003737
M3 - Article
C2 - 24345899
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 3
SP - e003737
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
IS - 12
ER -