Nursing information system in hospitals of Zahedan city, Iran

authors:

avatar Leila Erfannia Erfannia 1 , avatar Yousef Mehdipour 1 , avatar afsaneh karimi 2 , * , avatar Ayesheh Zarei 1 , avatar Nahid Mehrabi 3

Department of Health Information Technology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran, Andorra
Department of Health Information Technology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran., Andorra
Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, International Campus of Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Andorra
Annals of Military and Health Sciences Research: Vol.13, issue 2; e62616
published online: June 18, 2015
article type: Original Article
received: February 17, 2015
accepted: May 20, 2015

how to cite: Erfannia L E, Mehdipour Y , karimi A, Zarei A, Mehrabi N . Nursing information system in hospitals of Zahedan city, Iran. Ann Mil Health Sci Res. 2015;13(2):e62616. 

Abstract

Materials and Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was done in 2013. Nursing information systems of four teaching hospitals in Zahedan were evaluated. A verified checklist was used to gather the   data.
Results: The studied nursing information systems had 42.19% of general data specifications    and 72.33% of nursing data set. None of them had classification system standards. They had   45% of nursing data register priorities and 61.12% of report requirements.
Conclusion: Based on the pitfalls in general aspects, data register and classification, holding educational workshops, classes, and bulletins are recommended for hospital nurses of Zahedan city regarding nursing information system. Providing nurses with enough hardware requirements, supervising their system use, providing nursing information systems based on nursing classification standards and contribution of nurses in selection and implementation of this system is also suggested.

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