cell phone technology is being increasingly used by clinicians to access up-to-date information during patient care. medical students, residents, and faculty members of medical faculties or hospitals use mobile devices, such as smartphones (e.g., iphone, android, blackberry) and tablet computers (e.g., ipad), to answer clinical questions and find medical information. this article investigates t...

what is a medical librarian? he provides information about new medical treatments, clinical trials and standard trials procedures, tests and equipment. where do medical librarians work? they work anywhere health information is needed. what kinds of jobs are available? web managers, medical informatics experts, chief information officers, cat a logers, instructors and reference librarians. who a...

introduction: the information literacy status and the use of information technology among students in the globalization age of course plans are very momentous. this study aimed to evaluate the information literacy status and use of information technology among medical students of shiraz university of medical sciences in 2013. methods: this was a descriptive-analytical study with crosssectional ...

introduction: since users have a critical role in the success of a hospital information system, and also considering software companies as information system service providers-not only product sellers, this study was conducted to evaluate the hospital information system (his) software based on user requirements in iran. methods: through a descriptive study, 5 vendors, which had the best selling...

introduction: ambulatory care is an inseparable part of health care system. it is commonly considered as the entrance of the patient to the health care system. high qualify ambulatory care has an important role in reducing mortality and morbidity rates. on the other hand, quality of information has an important role in the quality and safety of ambulatory health care. it is hence necessary to p...

background: hospitals have responsibility for responding to legitimate demands for release of health information while protecting the confidentiality of the patient health records. there have always been challenges concerning medical records confidentiality and their disclosure and release type in medical record departments. this study investigated and compared laws and policies of disclosure o...

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...

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introduction: efficient use of information systems in provision of health services is very important for achieving efficiency, effectiveness and service quality. in this study the various aspects of clinical information systems implementation and estimate of one of main users' knowledge about these systems in hospitals was investigated. methods: this study was conducted in two-stages: in the fi...

Cell phone technology is being increasingly used by clinicians to access up-to-date information during patient care. Medical students, residents, and faculty members of medical faculties or hospitals use mobile devices, such as smartphones (e.g., iPhone, Android, Blackberry) and tablet computers (e.g., iPad), to answer clinical questions and find medical information. This article investigates t...