Clinical research from information systems practice

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Figure 1. Information Systems Clinical Research Framework.

Table 1. Clinical research criteria and possible ways to meet them.

Criterion	Description	Practice
A - Constituent Criteria
Context Evidence	Observations and data that capture the relevant context as it influenced the practice interventions.	Case descriptions, reference to classification schemas, terminologies, and taxonomies, evidenced by the collection and analysis of empirical data from the practice setting.
Desired Outcome Evidence	Observations and data that a problem or opportunity exists that triggered a practice intervention.	Collection and analysis of empirical data from the practice setting and synthesis with data from the research literature.
Intervention Evidence	Observations and data that a specific practice intervention was undertaken by a practitioner-researcher typically in collaboration with other practitioners and researchers.	Collection and analysis of empirical data from the practice setting.
Outcome Effectiveness Evidence	Observations and data that an outcome of interest was found in the practice setting after the intervention was undertaken.	Collection and analysis of empirical data from the practice setting and synthesis with the problem evidence.
B – Quality Criteria
Evidential Validity	Descriptions of the soundness of the evidence used in practice.	Guiding the collection and analysis of data and observations according to established guidance in the overarching scientific paradigm of the methodology.
Methodology Rigor	Descriptions of how the practice-researcher correctly applied or adapted an accepted scientific methodology.	Mindful attention to the thorough, exhaustive, and accurate use of scientific methods to support practice.
Knowledge Contribution	Primarily practical and secondarily theoretical descriptions of the impact of the research on problems known to be intractable or wicked.	Analysis of the practical impact of the intervention as well as any theoretical frames underlying the causal links between the problem, the intervention, and the outcome.
Research Transparency	Openness about the conduct and results of the research.	Conducting the research and constructing the report such that the work is both complete and trustworthy.
C – Formal Criteria
Practitioner-researcher Contribution	At least one of the co-authors needs to be the intervening practitioner-researcher.	Intervening practitioners need to qualify for, and be identifiably stated as, co-authors of the research.
Publication Approval	The authors need to confirm that they have obtained approval from the case organization for publication of the article in the printed form.	Statement of approval to be added to the article.