medical information plays a pivotal role in collecting health information which can be used to determine the main health problems at national and international levels and to change main health policies. patient management is impossible without having accurate information regarding prevention, treatment and recovery of diseases. thus, in this issue of international electronic journal of medicine...

introduction: with increasing production of health information, information technologies have been used for better management and usage of such data. this enormous increase in gathering and storing of information and widespread accessibility also concerns individuals regarding privacy and security of information. this research is concerned with this issue due to decisions on establishing indivi...

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...

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...