راهکارهای توسعه فناوری اطلاعات در نظام سلامت

Background: Study of the attitudes of health information management experts in health systems could be regarded in order to maximize utilization of information. The research reported here aimed to study of attitudes of medical records departments in Iran about mechanisms of development of health care system information technology. Material and method: A cross- sectional research was developed by a questionnaire to study the atti­tudes of medical records departments of 17 universities by mail in Iran. 49 of them completed the questionnaire and returned it to us. Therefore the response rate was 70 percent. The data were saved by SPSS software and analyzed by statistical method. Results: Faculty members of universities of medical sciences believe that the must hindrances of de­velopment of electronic health records in Iran are low budget and lack of standards. Conclusion: Utilization of health information management experts attitudes could be assured the im­provement of health care information technology.