background: adopting information technology (it) systems in an organization is a decision which faces several challenges. this study has been conducted with the aim of analyzing barriers and challenges in application of ict in medical science universities in general and the ilam medical science university in particular. methods: the studied population was the employees of ilam university of med...

in fact, health strategists and policymakers contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of planning, providing and evaluating health care, and the use of various capabilities of itc. the evidence for this claim includes: e-government, e-development, e-commerce, e-assurance and the same issues which are pursued in high levels of govemment’s legislative and executive bodies. e-health is consi...

introduction: in today's world of knowledge with increasing complexity, the need for exchanging data, information, and knowledge is undeniable. electronic health record is undoubtedly a key technology in health care which facilitates the recovery and processing of health information from multiple locations and provide more efficient and more effective treatment for the patient. automatic data t...

fast and holistic access to the patients’ clinical record is a major requirement of modern medical decision support systems (dss). while electronic health records (ehrs) have replaced the traditional paper-based records in most healthcare organization, the data entry into these systems remains largely manual. speech recognition technology promises substitution of the more convenient speech-base...

many projects on developing electronic health record (ehr) systems have been carried out in many countries. the current study was conducted to review the published data on the utilization of open source ehr systems in different countries all over the world. using free text and keyword search techniques, six bibliographic databases were searched for related articles. the identified papers were s...

in order to reach the electronic health record's (ehr's) goals and also for the users to employ it with confidence, integrated standards in the field of structure, content, data exchange, information production, architecture and system security must be formulated. before establishment of ehr, we should accept current standards or change them due to meet the needs of society and/or patterns from...

electronic health record (ehr) is a repository of patient health information shared among multiple authorized users. as a modern method of storing and processing health information, it is a solution for improving quality, safety and efficiency of patient care and health system. however, establishment of ehr requires a significant investment of time and money. while many of healthcare providers ...

introduction: the critical dependence of healthcare services systems on information along with the indigenous restriction of paper documents in satisfying this need has caused a trend toward computer information systems. the main goal of such systems is to achieve electronic health records (ehr). however, implementation of ehr in healthcare organizations is difficult and complicated. this resea...

context this literature review mostly emphasizes on the challenges and barriers for acceptance and implementation of electronic health records (ehrs) in developing countries. although the willingness of developing countries for acceptance and implementation of ehrs is rising, they will face some challenges and barriers which can slow down their progress due to the multidisciplinary and complexi...