Mohammad Hossein Hayavi Haghighi; Mohammad Dehghani; Saeed Hosseini Teshizi; Behzad Asgari; Mostafa Reisi
Volume 9, Issue 4 , September and October 2012, , Pages 471-478
Abstract
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.
