evaluation of nurses point of views about hospital information system (his) in urmia     rahimi b [1] *, ebrahimi z [2] , rashidi a [3]     received: 17 sep, 2012 accepted: 16 nov, 2012     abstract   background & aims : nowadays most hospitals replace their paper-based medical records with electronic health records or update their old hospital information systems (hiss). a descriptive study of...

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...

introduction: cancer research is one of the essential activities for its control and treatment. hospital based cancer registry system is an information system designed to collect, organize and analyze data on cancer. the objective of the present study was to compare hospital based cancer registry system in iran with that in the usa. methods: this research was a comparative study. studied popula...

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...