Information needs assessment of nursing offices based on critical success factors and business system planning

Introduction: Proving management with a reliable information system, can facilitate decision making regarding planning, organization and control. This study aims to evaluate information needs of Iranian Nursing Offices. Methods: This applied, cross-sectional research utilizes critical success factor (CSF) and business system planning (BSP) methods to assess information needs Iranian nursing offices. Results: Of 78 identified information needs, 56% were initial information needs of managers. 18% of information needs were found to be critical success factors of managers of nursing office. The first priority of managers was "the number of manpower employed at hospitals separated by wards". 5% of the identified information needs were not priorities and thus excluded, 3% were through the web site and 70% were without sources. Conclusion: Despite the important role of users in designing information systems, other scientific methods also need to be utilized in designing information systems.