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VATAM: developing consensus in validation of health telematics applications.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|December 8, 1996
Summary
The Validation of Telematics Applications in Medicine (VATAM) project aims to create guidelines for validating health telematics applications. It involves collecting information, disseminating findings, and validating its own methodology through project experiences.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Medical Technology Validation
Background:
- The Telematics Application Programme supports healthcare projects.
- Validation of health telematics applications requires structured approaches.
Purpose of the Study:
- To establish guidelines for validating telematics applications in medicine.
- To provide a platform for discussion on validation methodologies.
Main Methods:
- Inventory phase: collecting data on existing validation approaches.
- Dissemination phase: adapting and extending the validation framework.
- Experiences phase: validating the VATAM methodology with real-world project data.
Main Results:
- Successful completion of the inventory phase.
- Development of a proposed VATAM framework for structuring validation approaches.
- Ongoing dissemination of information via the World Wide Web.
Conclusions:
- A structured framework is proposed to manage diverse validation approaches in health telematics.
- The VATAM project progresses towards establishing comprehensive validation guidelines.