introduction: health care classifications are essential tools for collecting and processing health-related information. they also provide a unified language for interdisciplinary communications. nursing data is important for extension of knowledge, evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing care, and supporting human resource planning. therefore, an integrated system for collecting, st...

introduction: voluntary counseling and testing (vct) for hiv infection is a confidential service offered to individuals in the community. this study intended to present a pattern for regional surveillance of vct services in iran. methods: this was an applied descriptive study. at first, the existing regional vct surveillance in 2009 was investigated through visiting the clinical deputy of medic...

pažuheš-nâme-ye târix-e ejtemâ’i va eqtesâdi (socio economic history studies) biannual journal volume 2, number 1, spring & summer 2013 concessionaire: institute for humanities and cultural studies (ihcs) director in charge & editor-in-chief: shahram yousefifar executive manager: azam riahi   editorial board ahmad badkoobeh hazaveh associate professor, university of tehran safoura boroumand ass...

introduction: non-integrated health information has forced health sector to utilize information and communication technology (ict). national health information infrastructure (nhii) integrates clinical and health information, decreases medical errors as well as costs, and increases patient’s safety. thus, this article aimed to review the feasibility of nhii implementation in iran from perspecti...

introduction: information management system is a formal approach to collect the necessary information in its due time for managers to facilitate decision-making, planning and management. medical records system which is closely associated with pieces of information and their true value can play an important role in health care organizations. the main objective of this study is to compare informa...

national health information network (nhin) is a network in which all health care organizations, government agencies and other health-related organizations are connected to each other to exchange information about health. due to the necessity of a framework for nhin development, in this paper, according to the literature review, a definition for nhin framework was provided, and then the nhin rel...

background: users of hospital information system (his) use these systems durâ­ing working day and know its problems better than othâ­ers know. studying their views is very important and can be espeâ­cially effective in the development of the inâ­formation system. the aim of this study was to investigate the users' views toâ­wards the qualâ­ity of hospital information system in the training hosp...