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Table 1 Information sources, methods and outcome of B1 - Context analysis

From: EsPRit: ethics committee proposals for Long Term Medical Data Registries in rapidly evolving research fields - a future-proof best practice approach

Information source (S)

Methods category (M)

Outcome (O)

Possible methodical approaches

Research Questions (B1.S1)

Problem-Centered Expert Interview (B1.M2)

Structured definition of the research question (B1.O2)

SPIRIT [8]

Processes, Application Systems, Interfaces (B1.S2)

Process and System Analysis (B1.M1)

Specific model of the processes, application systems and interfaces with respect to the research question (B1.O1)

Three-Level Graph-Based Model for the Management of Hospital Information Systems (3LGM2) [39]

SPIRIT

Available data and information objects (B1.S3)

Information Modeling (B1.M3)

Structured description of data elements and information objects to answer the research question (B1.O1)

3LGM2

SPIRIT