AU - Sadoughi, Farahnaz AU - Aminpour, Farzaneh TI - A Review On The Evaluation Methods Of Health Information Systems PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - IJME JN - IJME VO - 10 VI - 5 IP - 5 4099 - http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-1608-en.html 4100 - http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-1608-en.pdf SO - IJME 5 AB  - Evaluation of health information systems is an effective approach to ensure the efficacy of the system which can lead to the improvement in quality of health care services. The main aims of evaluation are to identify the strength and efficiency of system in health care delivery, to identify the weaknesses of the system, and to suggest general recommendations for improving the performance of the system. Evaluation could be performed through various methods. Some experts believe in three general methods including goal-based evaluation, goal-free evaluation and criteria-based evaluation. While some others consider two main methods for evaluation which are objective or quantitative and subjective or qualitative methods. Formative and summative methods are other classification of evaluation methods regarded by a number of researchers. This review represents various evaluation methods in health information systems and introduces the objectives and components to be evaluated in such systems. CP - IRAN IN - () PhD Student, Medical Education Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. School of Management and Medical Information Science, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. LG - eng PB - IJME PG - 1077 PT - other YR - 2011