Sakineh Saghaiannejad Isfahani; Javad Zarei; Sima Ajami; Saeid Saidbakhsh
Volume 8, Issue 6 , January and February 2012, , Pages 774-784
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Introduction: The manual and paper-based process of production and storage of medical records in Iran have led to difficulties in filing and retrieval of the medical records. One of the usual solutions is using computerized medical records via electronic storage of paper-based medical records. ...
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Introduction: The manual and paper-based process of production and storage of medical records in Iran have led to difficulties in filing and retrieval of the medical records. One of the usual solutions is using computerized medical records via electronic storage of paper-based medical records. The aim of this study was to recognize using computerized medical records in nine selected hospitals. Methods: In an observational, descriptive study, 9 hospitals in Ahvaz, Isfahan and Shiraz that used electronic storage method to store their medical records were evaluated. Data was collected by a checklist and a questionnaire whose validity and reliability have been previously confirmed. Direct observation and semi-structured interviews were conducted for data collection. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: Using computerized medical records have advantages such as accelerating storage and retrieval of medical records, costs reduction of medical records maintenance, and improving the security of patients' information in the studied hospitals. The most important challenges observed in using computerized medical records were lack of proper infrastructure, using inappropriate hardware equipments, existence of different software systems and lack of data integration. Conclusion: Overall, the results of this study showed that the use of computerized medical records in hospitals can enhance the retrieval and access to medical records and help solve the problem of space shortage in medical record departments.
Maryam Yaghoubi; Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian; Ahmad Reza Raeisi; Marzieh Javadi; Sakineh Saghaiannejad Isfahani
Volume 7, Issue 0 , December 2011
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Introduction: Organizational justice is a variable that predicts many organizational variables. One of these variables that have an important role in many organizations today is organizational citizenship behavior. So this study aimed to study the relationship between organizational justice and organizational ...
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Introduction: Organizational justice is a variable that predicts many organizational variables. One of these variables that have an important role in many organizations today is organizational citizenship behavior. So this study aimed to study the relationship between organizational justice and organizational citizenship behavior among medical record staff in selected hospitals of Isfahan in 2008.Methods: In this descriptive correlation study, medical record stuffs were included. Data collected using two questionnaires: organizational justice, and organizational citizenship behavior questionnaire. The questionnaires reliability was supported based on Cronbach Alfa .and questionnaire validity confirmed by specialist view of point. Data analyzed by SPSS software.Results: Mean score of organizational justice among hospital stuff in Isfahan was 40.9+/-18.1.between hospitals in Isfahan. The highest and lowest score was related to distributive and interactive justice, respectively. There was no significant relationship between organizational justice and conscientiousness, altruism, sportsmanship. There was a significant relationship between organizational justice and civic virtue, courtesy and organizational citizenship behavior (P<0.001).Conclusion: Since the score of organizational citizenship behavior and organizational justice among stuff of selected hospitals were moderate and the score of interaction justices was weak. Therefore, hospital managers should provide the backgrounds of creating and improvement of perceived justice among staff.Keywords: Organizations; Behavior; Medical Records; Variables.
