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The HUI3 scoring function has strong theoretical and empirical foundations. It performs well in predicting directly measured scores. The HUI3 system provides a practical way to obtain utility scores based on community preferences.

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Visual analog scales (VASs) have long been used as a method of measuring preferences for health outcomes. They are easy and inexpensive to implement, can be administered quickly, and lend themselves to self-completion. Over time, however, disturbing questions have emerged concerning the validity of the VAS approach. This article reviews briefly the history, theory, practice, problems, and advantages of VASs; presents some suggestions to improve the validity of VASs; and recommends a limited but useful role for VASs in the process of measuring preferences for health states.

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The need for top management involvement in the exploitation of IT is a recurring theme of information management Previous research has suggested that this involvement is linked with a two way relationship between CEO and CIO. This paper reports on an exploratory research study which set out to identify the determinants of a successful two way relationship. CEOs and CIOs were interviewed in-depth in fourteen large organizations based in the UK. The paper describes an explanatory framework which links the quality of the CEO/CIO relationship to identify. attributes of each of the parties, and of their host organization.

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