this study was undertaken to define the epidemiological aspects of thyroid carcinoma in iran, an area of endemic iodine deficiency nearly until recently. the tehran cancer institute data system registry (tcidsr) was used to identify patients with different histological types of thyroid cancer (tc) in iran. data were analyzed from 438 thyroid cancer cases identified by the tcidsr in 1998-99. dis...

background: safety of blood products and plasma derivates is one of main concerns in transfusion sector. screening of donated blood became an emerging item to large extent because of hepatitis c and b virus, (hcv, hbv) and hiv epidemics especially in blood donation campaign following disasters. in this study we aim to evaluate the pattern of variation of viral infection markers donated at three...

how to cite this article : ajami s, maghsoudlorad aa. the role of information systems to manage cerebral palsy. iran j child neurol.spring 2016; 10(2): 1-9. abstract objective in healthcare system, it is necessary to have exact and accurate information in order to address health care needs and requirements of society members as well as expectations of policy makers, planners and decision makers...

introduction: in spite of the vast improvement in the area of mental health care delivery in this country, very little attention has been given to the mental health registry. considering the absence of an appropriate national mental health registry system in iran, the purpose of the present study was to formulate a preliminary model for mental health registry in iran. methods: in this comparati...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is a chronic disease of central nervous system. the multiple sclerosis information system (msis), such as other information system (is), depends on identification, collection and processing of data for producing useful information. lack of the integrated is for collecting standard data causes undesirable effects on exchanging, comparing, and managing. the aim of this stu...

trauma is the fourth cause of death at all age groups with socio-economic costs which caused more than 6 million deaths in the world in 2000. despite promising trend in improving many aspects of health case and treatment in the last decade in our country, little attention has been paid to the subject of registering trauma on an international standard. effective practical research specially in q...

background: in addition of the socio-economics costs, trauma is the 4th cause of death at all age groups, in 2000, trauma was caused more than 6 million deaths in the world. despite promising trend in improving many aspects of health care and treatment in the last decade in our country, little attention has been paid to the subject of registering trauma on an international standard. effective p...

due to the high incidence of deaths from breast cancer, high cost of treatment and limited resources, the need to formulate and implement effective programs in reducing the burden of disease is obvious. care, control and creation of cancer information system having an infrastructure from collection of minimum data sets (mds) are the top priorities of research in iran's ministry of health.this i...