introduction: hospital has a complex and special structure and the important question that hospital management facing with is how technology can change structure. in the near future, no factor like it is able to change the structure of organization. this research is a way to know the effect of it on triple dimensions of organization structure includes complexity, formalization, and centralizati...

introduction: oral diseases are the most prevalent diseases probable at any age. they are chronic in nature and expensive to care.  accurate, comprehensive, well-structured, well-managed data is required to control and prevent oral diseases, clinical audit, quality of patient care, and administrative, financial, research and legal goals fulfillment we need. in dentistry, data collection would p...

OBJECTIVE Both regional health information systems (rHIS) and hospital information systems (HIS) need systematic information management. Due to their complexity information management needs a thorough description or model of the managed information system. METHODS The three layer graph-based meta-model (3LGM(2)) and the 3LGM(2) tool provide means for effectively describing and modeling HIS by...

introduction: the risk of inappropriate decision making would be minimized if the managers are timely provided with accurate and adequate information. obviously, hospital information system (his) plays an important role in today's rapidly changing organizations. this study was performed to assess the viewpoints of managers and network operators about the effect of his on the performance and pro...

Purpose: Nurses can directly influence health services quality and outcomes. They need correct information in due time to provide an effective service for the patient and other healthcare personnel. Nursing information system is a subsystem of hospital information system that can help nurses to have better performances. The goal of this study was to evaluate nursing information system of hospit...