Showing 6 results for Information Technology
Farahnaz Sadoughi, Farzaneh Aminpour,
Volume 10, Issue 5 (2-2011)
Abstract
The most important goal of health systems is improvement of quality, effectiveness and efficiency of health services. To achieve this goal, health care organizations should establish a proper structure for evaluating health information systems. Health information system evaluation is expected to identify the existing problems of the system through measuring specific indicators. The main objective of planning health information system evaluation is to ensure availability of useful and utilizable data for measuring essential health indicators. Many researches have been done on health information systems evaluation indicators and stages. The current study overviews the previous studies and describes the suggested approach of World Health Organization to health information system evaluation which has been used in several countries. This program provides a comprehensive framework of health information systems evaluation. It is evident that determining the stages of the assessment program and its basic indicators will increase the effectiveness of health information system and subsequently improve health care.
Nazila Khatib Zanjani, Bahman Zandi, Mehran Farajollahi, Mohammad Reza Sarmadi, Issa Ebrahim Zadeh,
Volume 11, Issue 8 (3-2012)
Abstract
Introduction: The rapid expansion of e-learning elucidates the necessity of paying attention to this phenomenon by all educational centres especially medicals. Considering the importance of this subject and regarding the commencement of new courses in our country as well as the establishment of higher education disciplines, this paper aimed to review the structured analysis of requirements, challenges, problems, and barriers in the application of e-learning in education and thus provide a model and guide for choosing, designing, and implementing an electronic course.
Methods: Theoretically viewing, this is a review study. Researcher selected and studied total 100 articles (literature review and original research articles published from 2003 and afterwards) out of 4700 Articles found from databases of ERIC, ACM, GUIDE Association, Digital Learning, OECDT, and Becta, using search engines of Google and Yahoo. The keywords used in this search were “requirements, challenges and e-learning”. Then the findings were combined with results of an experimental study by the researcher extracted from a satisfaction questionnaire, and finally analyzed.
Results: After discussion and summing up the reports and opinions of experts regarding the requirements and challenges of setting up an e-learning system, main factors and infrastructures were summarized in the following domains: 1) IT, 2) human resources, 3) pedagogical, 4) cultural, social and values, 5) economic, 6) management, and 7) administrative and supportive. Then a fundamental approach for the stages of analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation of an electronic course was proposed.
Conclusion: The spectrum of requirements and challenges of e-learning in our country is so extensive, as it includes: changes in traditional perspectives to creation of cultural, communicative, and hardware infrastructures, formal and public policymaking, legislation and creating legal platforms in education systems, creation of an e-learning management system, development of the fields for content production based on international standards, and privatization for the production of local e-content. Presentiation of an executive model considering the above-mentioned findings could help the managers and decision makers for a successful implementation and further efficacy of this approach.
Azar Kabirzadeh, Mehdi Rezaee Gharahtekan, Mahhamadreza Tayyeban, Mostafa Alizadeh,
Volume 12, Issue 4 (7-2012)
Abstract
Introduction: Higher education administrators believe that discipline choice method could be an important motivator to continue study. The field of health information technology in BS level which is a specialized field in health area was introduced by elimination of medical records associate degree. This study aimed to investigate factors affecting field choice among students of medical records and health information technology in 2010.
Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, the population included students of medical records and health information technology in Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Study was conducted through census in which 50 students (12 newly admitted students of health information technology and 38 senior students who had chosen this field under the title of “medical records”) were willing to participate. Questionnaire developed by researcher was used for data collection. Data was analyzed using Chi2 and the significance level was p<0.05.
Results: Students of both disciplines had minute knowledge about the content of their field at the time of discipline choice. Only 25 percent (N=3) of students of health information technology and 15.8 percent (n=6) of medical records students stated that had chosen their major based on their knowledge. The role of parents in discipline choice of health information technology was 50 percent (n=6) and it was 18.4 percent (n=7) in medical records. The effect of native city on discipline choice is 15.8 percent (n=6) for students of medical records and 53.8 percent (n=7) for students of health information technology. According to Chi2, knowledge about the discipline content among students of medical records and health information technology, (p= 0.004) was significantly different.
Conclusion: Students of medical records and health information technology had a minute knowledge about the content of their discipline and their parents highly influenced their choice. Therefore it is recommended to train parents as well as students if there would be an endeavor to enhance people’s knowledge about university discipline.
Mehdi Kahouei, Hassan Babamohamadi, Soheila Sadat Ghazavi Shariat Panahi,
Volume 13, Issue 3 (6-2013)
Abstract
Introduction: Holding computer skills training and information technology (IT) courses for nurses and delivering IT courses in nursing curriculum are of recent changes in nursing field. This study focuses on the identification and comparison of information sources used by nurses and nursing students after introducing information technology and identifying barriers to using them.
Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 412 nurses and nursing students in hospitals affiliated to university of medical sciences and social security organization in Semnan(Iran) during 2011. Data were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire that measured the use of information resources. Data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistical tests.
Results: Despite that most subjects had passed IT training courses, they had little desire to use databases (2.3±0.6,out of 4, Average of monthly use) and electronic journals (2.7±0.7) in their clinical decisions. Lack of skill in the use of the library (2.2±0.6) and also difficulty in understanding scientific papers (2.1±0.9) were the most important barriers reported by nurses and students. The difference of scores for using information resources and reported barriers was significant between students and nurses (P <0.01).
Conclusion: The results showed that the provision of infrastructures for using up to date information resources in nursing was not sufficient. It seems important to consider comprehensive approaches in the field of information management to increase nurses’ and students’ willingness to use these information sources.
Peyman Rezaei, Shahla Damanabi, Leila Ghaderi Nansa Ghaderi Nansa,
Volume 17, Issue 0 (4-2017)
Abstract
Introduction: The success of universities in training efficient human resources requires expansion of the range of education and gaining experience of real work environment. The purpose of this study was to design and assess an apprenticeship comprehensive program for health information technology students.
Methods: This research was an applied action study. Research population consisted of students, lecturers and managers of medical records department. The sample included all available individuals at the research time period (census). Data were gathered from lecturers by focus group discussion, from students by a researcher-made questionnaire (after confirming its validity and reliability) and focus group discussion and from managers by a researcher-made questionnaire (after confirming its validity and reliability). Using independent t-test, students’ satisfaction levels were compared before and after the implementation of the apprenticeship program for students of two different semesters.
Results: Apprenticeship was designed in the form of health information management processes and based on problem solving and reflection. Data were reported and exchanged in the form of e-portfolio. The mean score of students’ satisfaction with the program increased from 38±4.3 to 42.6±3.2 (out of 75). The rate of students’ dissatisfaction with inadequate theoretical and practical courses for working in the apprenticeship period decreased from 73% to 34.4%.
Conclusion: Apprenticeship comprehensive program was designed with the focus on covering the weaknesses of previous apprenticeship programs such as information gap between theoretical and practical courses, training methods and dissatisfaction with apprentice assessment methods; it enhanced students’ satisfaction with the apprenticeship program.
Mehrdad Farzandipour, Fatemeh Rangraz Jeddi, Zahra Meidani, Sakineh Sagaeiannejad, Ehsan Nabovati, Mahtab Karami, Maryam Jahanbakhsh, Shahram Tahmasebian, Zohre Mobarak,
Volume 17, Issue 0 (4-2017)
Abstract
Introduction: The optimal use of information technology in health sector requires due attention to human resources training. The purpose of this study was to determine the future of health information technology positions and professional qualifications of the employees to achieve them.
Methods: This qualitative-quantitative study was conducted in 2016. A nonsystematic review of the articles published over the last 10 years was performed in well-known databases and websites using relevant keywords. Positions were extracted and then discussed using the Delphi technique in a panel of experts of 25 members including board members and faculty members of medical universities across the country. Agreed-upon positions were confirmed and job descriptions and professional qualifications were identified and compiled. An applied cross-sectional study was conducted on all health information management employees (38 people) of hospitals affiliated with Kashan University of Medical Sciences to determine the existing gap. A researcher-made questionnaire was developed based on the professional qualifications obtained for the expert panel and distributed after being checked for validity. Reliability was approved with Cronbach's alpha (0.91). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics in terms of frequency and percentage.
Results: The future health information technology positions were found to be health information management, insurance and accounting, information technology, computer applications, and data management. Professional qualifications of statistics and epidemiology, disease classification, information storage and retrieval, health data management, legal considerations and information security, information technology, and software engineering concepts were determined. The most effective qualification was knowledge of storage and retrieval methods. Employees’ skills in statistics and epidemiology were at an average level.
Conclusion: New positions are constantly being introduced into the field of health information technology. Continuous curriculum revisions and additional courses for insurance and accounting, data storage and retrieval, statistics and epidemiology are essential.
