Telecare - where, when, why and for whom does it work? A realist evaluation of a Norwegian project.

Introduction: Evaluations of telecare demonstrate disparate results, which are of little help for understanding what the users need from further policy and development. This study aims to provide a more nuanced approach to telecare evaluations.

Methods: Realist evaluation is used to scrutinize what it is about telecare that works for whom, why, how and in which circumstances.

The impact of computerized decision support systems on documentation skills.

The focus of this study is to examine the possibilities of students improving their documentation skills through the use of a Computerized Decision Support (CDS) system. During this ongoing 2 year project, we will assess the CDS used in this study by following 3 classes, where only one is using the CDS. Students, teachers and nurses in practice will be interviewed.