the prioritization of effective factors on electronic health information security in medical centers

introduction: the use of new technologies has created much concern about privacy and security of health information. as regards health care workers are the main users of hospital information system aiming to improve the quality of care, this study as aimed to evaluate employee's perspective towards electronic health information security.   methods: this descriptive study was performed on 400 workers working in medical centers affiliated to semnan university of medical sciences in 2012-13. data has collected by a research made questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability was justified by test-retest and analyzed by descriptive tests results: the findings indicated that 55.7% selected employees’ role, 38.3% chose the perception of the importance of  information security, 33% selected in service training and 47.5% chose proper infrastructure as the most important factors in  health information security. conclusion: it is concluded, the employees selected organizational, behavioral and other factors as the most important factors. it seems the control policy, the training courses, the investing in technology and the appropriate infrastructures are necessary to improve electronic health information security in medical centers.