Original Research
The Development of the IMIA Knowledge Base
Submitted: 29 October 2010 | Published: 13 October 2011
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Graham Wright, Walter Sisulu University, South AfricaAbstract
Objectives: The aim of the project was to explore the theoretical constructs underpinning the discipline of health informatics and produce a cognitive map of the existing understanding of the discipline and develop the knowledge base of health informatics for the IMIA and the BCS.
Method: The five-phase project, described in this article, undertaken to define the discipline of health informatics used four forms of triangulation.
Results: The output from the project is a framework giving the 14 major headings (Subjects) and 245 elements, which together describe the current perception of the discipline of health informatics.
Conclusion: This article describes how each phase of the project was strengthened, through using triangulation within and between the different phases. This was done to ensure that the investigators could be confident in the confirmation and completeness of data, and assured of the validity and reliability of the final output of the ‘IMIA Knowledge Base’ that was endorsed by the IMIA Board in November 2009.
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