Mohammad Hossein Hayavi Haghighi; Mohammad Dehghani; Saeed Hosseini Teshizi; Behzad Asgari; Mostafa Reisi
Volume 9, Issue 4 , September and October 2012, , Pages 471-478
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Introduction: Since hospitals are the main healthcare providers, they are assumed as the maininstitutions for implementing information systems. Hospitals need efficient hospital informationsystem (HIS) to manage their raising needs. This study reviewed the importance of HIS,implementation of prerequisites ...
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Introduction: Since hospitals are the main healthcare providers, they are assumed as the maininstitutions for implementing information systems. Hospitals need efficient hospital informationsystem (HIS) to manage their raising needs. This study reviewed the importance of HIS,implementation of prerequisites and selection factors from views of staff of medical recorddepartment in hospitals affiliated to Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences.Methods: This was a descriptive-cross sectional study in which study subjects included the staffof medical record department of hospitals affiliated to Hormozgan University of MedicalSciences. Views of staff were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire. Validity of thequestionnaire was measured by content validity (by reviewing the relevant resources and facultymembers’ perspectives). Reliability was assessed by Cronbach’s alpha test (0.94). The samplesize was equal with the sample population (n = 71). The researchers collected the necessary datathrough direct observation method.Results: According to the views of staff, importance of every three aspects i.e. “different criteriafor selecting HIS”, “importance of prerequisites for HIS implementation” and “importance ofusing HIS” was at high to very high level (91.4%, 89.6% and 77.4%, respectively). Staff withhigher educational level emphasized more on importance of HIS prerequisite implementation.Importance of different criteria for selection of HIS was more obvious among staff witheducational level related to their organizational position.Conclusion: Staff of medical record department had very positive attitude towards HISimplementation. Managers have to pay higher attention to the views and experiences of theseusers and staff in order to develop and upgrad these systems.
Maryam Ahmadi; Ali Maher; Mohammad Hossein Hayavi Haqiqi; Jahanpour Alipour
Volume 8, Issue 6 , January and February 2012, , Pages 894-899
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Introduction: The goal of every healthcare risk management program is to reduce the possibility of undesired events for patients. Such programs include identifying undesired events, analyzing their causes, estimating the possibility of outbreak and their results and taking proper actions to prevent ...
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Introduction: The goal of every healthcare risk management program is to reduce the possibility of undesired events for patients. Such programs include identifying undesired events, analyzing their causes, estimating the possibility of outbreak and their results and taking proper actions to prevent their recurrence. The goal of this study was to compare healthcare risk management programs in selected countries and to propose a model for Iran. Methods: This descriptive-comparative study included England, the USA and Australia. National Health Services (NHS), Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health care Organization (JCAHO) and Medical Defenses Association of Victoria (MDAV) were selected as samples (because of functionality scope). Available information through the Internet, email and library references were used to collect data. Data was analyzed by comparative tables and descriptive statistical methods. The final model was prepared based on the performed analyses and after obtaining the viewpoints of related specialists. Results: There were numerous common points between the risk management process and documentation principles while few were observed in informed consent gathering principles. On the other hand, many differences were found among data elements in incident report forms. JCAHO gave more roles to medical record managers. Conclusion: Despite common points in risk management principles, each sample had mainly focused on needs and infrastructures of care delivery in their country.
