Kamal Ebrahimi; Shafi Habibi; Gholamhossein Tasbihi
Volume 7, Issue 2 , June 2010
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Introduction: Academic libraries are famous to be the hearts of universities, with the ever increasing importance of the evaluation of information technologies in academic centers, and libraries need to evaluate their status to accord with these conditions. The aim of this research is to provide an evaluation ...
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Introduction: Academic libraries are famous to be the hearts of universities, with the ever increasing importance of the evaluation of information technologies in academic centers, and libraries need to evaluate their status to accord with these conditions. The aim of this research is to provide an evaluation relating to the conditions of Tabriz University of Medical Science Libraries, and collecting information concerning the university libraries strengths and weaknesses data substructure, plus cumulating adequate information to help authorities who are in the research and educational planning educations of the university.Methods: The study is a descriptive one which has been fulfilled in on main academic library and eight related faculty libraries in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. The data was collected from General Education Office, Financial and Accounting Departments of the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and colleges in the campus. Data has been analyzed in Microsoft Excel software and compared with Iranian University Libraries Standards.Results: Findings show that Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Libraries follow 89% of Iranian University Libraries Standard. Regarding collection, university libraries have 11% of Iranian University Libraries Standard. About libraries space, 69% followed Iranian University Libraries Standard. In respect to budget, libraries have 81% of Iranian University Libraries Standard.Conclusion: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences status in comparison with collections section standards, seems to be very low and in comparisons with staff, space and budget is in good status, thus it is necessary to write and follow policies regarding collection development, library committee for centralizing libraries activities throughout the university, and allocation independent financial substantial budget for planning and developing Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Libraries.Keywords: Reference Standards; Libraries; Libraries, Medical.
Hadi Lotfnejadafshar; Shafie Habibi; Firooze Ghaderipakdel
Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2007
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Introduction: The drive for health care and medical sciences to become evidence-based has been accelerated during recent years and therefore quick access to relevant information without the use of information and communication technology seems impossible. The aim of this study was to evaluate medical ...
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Introduction: The drive for health care and medical sciences to become evidence-based has been accelerated during recent years and therefore quick access to relevant information without the use of information and communication technology seems impossible. The aim of this study was to evaluate medical students' knowledge of computers and information science in Urmia University. Methods: This survey was implemented using questionnaire research method. A total of 166 from 275 medical students in different levels namely physiopathology, internship, and externship were assessed in November 2006. The data were collected in questionnaires. They were analyzed with SPSS. Results: Some 71.3 % of the students had access to a computer at their homes but most of them (77%) had had no formal computer training before. Most of students could send and receive emails and also attach a file to it. Most of them had a little information about advanced search tools (27.7%) and search operators (5.4 %). Approximately 1/3 of students knew about medical information banks and used them. Conclusion: Most of students had no formal computer training before, though such trainings would help students perform educational search tasks more quickly. Students had a little information about using search tools, though they are the most important tools for getting access to information resources within the web. Medical information banks are sources that would help medical students to gain more quick access to useful articles, however, students had little information about these important sources and therefore did not use them frequently. Keywords: Awareness; Students, Medical; Universities; Medical Informatics
Peyman Rezaeehachesoo; Shafie Habibi; Shahla Fozonkhah
Volume 4, Issue 1 , March 2007
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Medical errors are a great concern among health care authorities and providers. Medical error is the third most common cause of death in the United States Health Care Facilities and every year, almost 98,000 people die as a result of this problem. Health care policy makers recommend that application ...
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Medical errors are a great concern among health care authorities and providers. Medical error is the third most common cause of death in the United States Health Care Facilities and every year, almost 98,000 people die as a result of this problem. Health care policy makers recommend that application of information technology may promote patient safety through prevention of errors, creation of surveillance and error analysis. Medical errors happen with medications ,treatments ,diagnoses ,procedures and administration. CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry), CDSS (Clinical Decision Support System), HER (Electronic Health Record) and BCMA( Bar Code Medication Administration) are known systems for preventing and reducing medical errors. This article means to the review and define medical errors as well as analyzing the effect of information technology on reducing and preventing medical errors. Finally some suggestions are presented on the use of IT in health care facilities. Keywords: Information Technology; Medication Errors; Diagnostic Errors.
