Abstracts by keywords: Observational study
In the first part of the article, under the title “Connection between digitalization and health care research,” we discussed the requirements that must exist in order to be able to depict everyday care in the health system (1). Metaphorically speaking, the function of a digital information highway and that of health services research are similar: functional highways are worthless if the exits are geographically poorly laid out and the vehicles used are only partially suitable for driving or transporting. An information highway is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for improving healthcare. It is suitable for improving healthcare if it contributes to improving the health of citizens, rather than just a surrogate parameter, such as compliance with medical prescriptions. And health services research only has a future if it manages to prove its benefit to society. To do this, it needs instruments that are actually able to observe and measure effects under everyday conditions, i.e. it needs a three-dimensional standard for describing complex health services.