Volume 7, Issue 3 , September 2010
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Hospital with different departments and information processing plans and also professional healthcare staff from different fields, need inter and intra- organizational communication. In addition, treatment method of every patient is unique. Healthcare organizations faced with coordination challenges ...
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Hospital with different departments and information processing plans and also professional healthcare staff from different fields, need inter and intra- organizational communication. In addition, treatment method of every patient is unique. Healthcare organizations faced with coordination challenges and they do not apply workflow management technologies yet. To identify current challenges in healthcare, it is necessary that organizational process be separated of care process. Managing organizational process includes identify rules and definite relation of every section with others. In this regard, it seemed that use of work flow management system (WFMS) is the suitable method. Managing care process is done by evidence-based medicine (EBM) and clinical guidelines. Although, organizational process relies on static models of patient care process based on medical knowledge that is evolutes so fast. Health care information systems, such as HIS, have to support of organizational and treatment process separately. Overall, goal of applying information technology (IT) in support of clinical process is not just control of healthcare period, though it is used to reduce workload and promote decision-making. In this article, method of managing workflow for organizational and care process was studied separately and suitable information technology tools for supporting each process with mention of examples has presented. Keywords: Evidence-Based Medicine; Hospital Information System; Information Technology; Organization and Administration.
Shafi Habibi; Peyman Rezaeihachesoo; Razieh Tabaghi
Volume 7, Issue 3 , September 2010
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Effective clinical care requires nurses to obtain the capability of putting the research findings into application. During the recent years, evidence-based nursing (EBN) has proved itself as a way for health care and therapy based on new findings being used in clinical care practices. However, studies ...
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Effective clinical care requires nurses to obtain the capability of putting the research findings into application. During the recent years, evidence-based nursing (EBN) has proved itself as a way for health care and therapy based on new findings being used in clinical care practices. However, studies show that nurses have problem in evidence-based practice application the most of which reveals itself in finding the best evidence, identifying proper resources, using the best search strategies, and evaluating documents and evidence. In fact, they lack enough competencies in acquiring information literacy. Information literacy means perceiving information organization, the ability of searching and finding the best results from various printed and electronic resources, selecting proper resources and evaluating them properly, and establishing connections with research results. Seeking assistance from medical librarians and information scientists -as developers of educational courses, educators or providers of information in the field- in educational process, helps to train clinical staff with information literacy and turn them into consumers of research articles. The aim of this article was to identify effective elements in evidence-based nursing and the role of information literacy in promotion of it. Also the article offers some information literacy patterns in improving evidence-based nursing used in the world which has been chosen with review method.Keywords: Literacy; Development; Nursing; Awareness; Information.
Hadi Lotfnezhadafshar; Zahra Zareh fazlollahi; Masomeh Khoshkalam; Peyman Rezaihacheso
Volume 6, Issue 1 , March 2009
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Introduction: In spite of the vast improvement in the area of mental health care delivery in this country, very little attention has been given to the mental health registry. Considering the absence of an appropriate national mental health registry system in Iran, The purpose of the present study was ...
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Introduction: In spite of the vast improvement in the area of mental health care delivery in this country, very little attention has been given to the mental health registry. Considering the absence of an appropriate national mental health registry system in Iran, The purpose of the present study was to formulate a preliminary model for Mental Health registry in Iran. Methods: In this comparative research the national mental health registry system of the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Iran were analytically reviewed. The data were collected via library sources, websites, and consultation with specialists in and out of the country. The recommendations were provided for mental health registry system in Iran taking the cultural, economical and geographical status of the country under consideration. Results: A six-axis model for a national registry was proposed. The study revealed that in order to optimize the present registry system of Iran, it is necessary to review the goals, structure, data elements, information gathering techniques, registration criteria, present classification of national registration of mental health on the proposed model. Conclusion: The lack of a national mental health registry system in Iran has faced this country with serious problems of control and prevention of the mental health diseases, conducting epidemiological research, developing of policies and strategies for controlling the costs of mental health problems and improving the quality of life of the patients. The proposed model in this research can serve as basis for resolving most of the mental health problems stated in above. Keywords: Mental Health; Information Systems; Management Information Systems.
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.
