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Fig. 1 | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

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From: Rethinking the role and impact of health information technology: informatics as an interventional discipline

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Overview of the transition required from a traditional role for informatics in healthcare research and innovation to one that is interventional in nature. The core of this model is the rethinking of the type of evidence to be generated, and the corresponding focus of studies contributing to such a knowledge base. In this figure, we compare and contrast the way in which informatics theories and methods apply to the design, execution, and analysis of a given area of inquiry, shifting from a support or enabling role to one that is the direct and primary focus of ensuing research programs

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