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introduction: disasters are always challenging to hospital managers as they give rise to critical conditions. from all natural disasters occurring in the world, 31 have happened in iran, giving the country a high global rank in this regard. therefore it seems necessary for hospitals to adopt contingency plans. this study aimed to assess the level of preparedness of hospitals affiliated to shira...

Historical attempts to impose rigid data-based practice and performance standards in the delivery of healthcare have met with resistance from providers, though the personalized nature of healthcare practice required little need for rigorous data quality assessment in daily practice. The rapid adoption of evidence-based decision support systems at the provider level, however, now suggests that t...

IJITSA is pleased to include in this issue an interview with Dr. Steven Alter. Dr. Alter is Professor of Information Systems at the University of San Francisco. He holds a BS in mathematics from MIT and a PhD from MIT's Sloan School of Management. After teaching at the University of Southern California, he served foreightyears as co-founderand Vice President of Consilium, a manufacturing softwa...