introduction: acute coronary syndrome (acs) includes st segment elevation myocardial infarction (stemi), non- st segment elevation myocardial infarction (nstemi), and unstable angina. it is among the leading causes of death. registry systems are designed and implemented to collect and analyze the data related to a specific disease. decreasing the burden acs would need some strategies such as de...

background: accurate and timely information and communication are vital to adequately prepare individual health organizations for emergency events. the current article investigated health-related communication and information systems for emergency management in iran. methods: the present study was conducted in 2009 with a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach. simple random purposeful sam...

the purpose of this paper is a comparative study of information technology management phd programmes at the world top universities. so, the top five rankings of universities were identified. then the top universities in the world generally and information systems/information technology field were identified too. 19 related fields were investigated. the titles of the courses of them were documen...

introduction: direct cash payments are the principal sources of health care finance in most countries. health services may impose a regressive cost burden on households, especially in developing countries. the purpose of this study was to calculate households encountered with catastrophic healthcare expenditures in qazvin, iran. methods: the statistical society included 100 household equaled to...

knowledge management is a process of using a source of strategic knowledge in organizations in order to find key information and organize and transfer it. many organizations adopted knowledge management systems to maintain their stability and usefulness. since there is occupational similarity between informatics experts and librarians, librarians can change to knowledge managers by being inform...

background : few studies have focused on syndromic data to determine levels of alarm thresholds to detection of meningitis outbreaks. the purpose of this study was to determine threshold levels of meningitis outbreak in hamadan province, west of iran . methods : data on both confirmed and suspected cases of meningitis (fever and neurological symptom) form 21 march 2010 to 20 march 2012 were use...

introduction: the concept of organizational culture usually is considered as a moderating factor in using information technology (it). the present study aimed to review the association between harrison cultural typology and the acceptance of hospital information system (his) by its users in non-university hospitals of iran university of medical sciences (tehran, iran). methods: this research wa...

background: the research to date does not present an articulated approach to ensure nutrition and food systems education is systematically implemented within schools. this paper aimed to investigate food experts’ views of the best strategies to improve school‑leavers’ knowledge of nutrition and food systems. methods: in this qualitative study, 28 iranian food and nutrition experts from four maj...

abstract     the major constraints of agricultural production in the south western coastal areas of bangladesh are soil and water salinity of varying degrees, lack of fresh water for irrigation, slow soil drying pattern which are being augmented further due to climate change, requires suitable options of farming systems and component technologies. the major constraints and potentials of agricul...