Leila Shahmoradi; Mohammad Hosseini-Ravandi; Marzieh Saremian
Volume 14, Issue 4 , November 2017, , Pages 161-166
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Introduction: Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) process, archive and transmit the medical images, so it has created a revolutionary in the field of medical images. In this study, after determining features related to the use of PACS, the status of this system in the teaching hospitals ...
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Introduction: Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) process, archive and transmit the medical images, so it has created a revolutionary in the field of medical images. In this study, after determining features related to the use of PACS, the status of this system in the teaching hospitals of Tehran City, Iran, was investigated.Methods: In this descriptive study, through searching the databases, the features of a comprehensive PACS were identified and a checklist was designed. The validity of checklist was approved by 5 specialists and Kappa formula was used to examine the inter-rater reliability (0.74). The study population consisted of 27 Tehran teaching hospitals which had PACS and were evaluated through census method in 2016. PACS features in the studied hospitals then were assessed and the results were presented.Results: There were some similarities and differences in the following features: storing images in Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) format, using Health Level Seven International (HL7) standard, image optimization, automatic image compression, support of teleradiology, integration with radiology information system, type of relationship with other systems, network type to exchange images, and the way of sending images.Conclusion: The results showed that to gain benefits from this technology, designing or choosing systems that have the highest performance appropriate to users' circumstances and needs in essential. Thus, more studies to investigate PACS features used in medical diagnostic centers can underlie the designing or selecting high-quality systems by producers and managers.
Javad Zarei; Marzieh Saramyan; Fatemeh Abdi
Volume 11, Issue 3 , September 2014, , Pages 308-315
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Introduction: Happiness is one of the most important concepts in their everyday people life. The aim of this study was to survey the amount of happiness among students in medical records and health information technology in School of Paramedical Sciences of Ahvaz Jondishapur University of Medical Sciences. ...
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Introduction: Happiness is one of the most important concepts in their everyday people life. The aim of this study was to survey the amount of happiness among students in medical records and health information technology in School of Paramedical Sciences of Ahvaz Jondishapur University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This descriptive research was conducted in the half of 2011. The population of study was includes Students of medical records and health information technology in Ahvaz Jondishapur University of Medical Sciencess. 91 students were selected randomly. The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire was used to measure happiness, Validity and reliability had been confirmed in previous studies. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics in SPSS (version 15) software. Result: The results indicated there is no statistically significant relationship between the happiness and factors such as education, gender, marital status, age, field of Education, and course and semester(p<.05), but as description statistic the male students were happier than female students, married students happier than single students and younger student happier than older students. Also, with increase the number of semester we've seen a decline in student happiness. Conclusion: The results indicated that the married students were happier than single students. In explaining this finding, it can be said that there is relationship between happiness and feel of belong.. More happiness in student with primary semesters is due to entrance to the new environment. Keywords: Happiness; Students; Medical Records; Health Information Technology
