The objectives of STARE-HI: STAtement on the Reporting of Evaluation studies in Health Informatics are to provide guidelines for writing and assessing evaluation reports in Health Informatics, and by doing this to improve the quality of published evaluation studies in Health Informatics; and thus to improve the evidence-base of Health Informatics

STARE-HI has been adopted by IMIA and EFMI:

Talmon J, Ammenwerth E, Brender J, de Keizer N, Nykänen P, Rigby M. STARE-HI - Statement on reporting of evaluation studies in Health Informatics, Int J Med Inform 2009; 78(1): 1-9.

STARE-HI was reprinted in: Talmon J, Ammenwerth E, Brender J, de Keizer N, Nykänen P, Rigby M. STARE-HI - Statement on Reporting of Evaluation Studies in Health Informatics. Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2009: 23-31.

An elaboration and explanation paper on STARE-HI is also available:

Brender J, Talmon J, de Keizer N, Nykänen P, Rigby M, Ammenwerth E. STARE-HI –Explanation and Elaboration. Appl Clin Inform 2013; 4: 331–58. (open access)