EVALUATION OF HOSPITAL INFORMATION
SYSTEMS IN SELECTED HOSPITALS OF IRAN
International Journal of Advanced Information Technology (IJAIT), 4 (5):
1-7 (October 2014)DOI: 10.5121/ijait.2014.4501
Abstract
Due to the information systems objectives, and to avoid duplication and to help improve care quality and
reduce cost, it is necessary to conduct continuous evaluation to determine how to achieve these goals. This
study was performed using evaluation indices of hospital Information systems (HIS) in selected hospitals of
Iran. In this article organizational and server components of hospital information systems in selected
hospitals are being assessed.
This research is a descriptive cross – sectional study. The study population consisted of the information
system of Shohaday Tajrish, Khatamolanbiya, Imam Khomeini and Milad Hospital. Data collecting tools
were checklist of hospital information system Evaluation Index, which completed with direct observation
and interviews with users. Data analyzed by statistics software SPSS, and presented as statistical tables
and graphs.
In the studied hospitals, although the most of the organizational components subgroups and hospital
information system server components has been set up and used but pharmacy information system, decision
support systems, communication services and telemedicine services hadn`t been set up fully in the
hospitals. Currently most subtypes of organizational components and hospital information system server
components were fully in the designed software and considering all fields in 5 hospitals.