Assumptions and method
Define meaningful use and the measurement window. Usage alone does not prove benefit or satisfaction.
Test a scenario
Use the result in a decision
Identify whose behaviour must change and how adoption will be observed.
Define meaningful use and the measurement window. Usage alone does not prove benefit or satisfaction.
Set a baseline and change one assumption to compare outcomes.
A worked example
Follow the fixed teaching example
- Adoption = 150/200 × 100 = 75%.
- Compared with a 50% baseline, the increase is 25 percentage points. This alone does not establish benefit or causation.
These illustrative inputs describe a project scenario, not a published benchmark. All monetary inputs use the same currency and price basis.
- Eligible people
- 200
- Active adopters this period
- 150
- Baseline adoption rate (%)
- 50
- Adoption rate
- 75 %
- Change from baseline
- 25 percentage points
Interpret the output only within the assumptions above. Changing the inputs changes the result; it does not validate the inputs.
Source & credit
Standard estimating practice; the cited guide documents use rather than claiming invention.
GAO: Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide
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