introduction: efficient use of information systems in provision of health services is very important for achieving efficiency, effectiveness and service quality. in this study the various aspects of clinical information systems implementation and estimate of one of main users' knowledge about these systems in hospitals was investigated. methods: this study was conducted in two-stages: in the fi...

Background: This study examined: (a) whether medical record administrators (MRAs) properly understand and apply a cancer registration manual; (b) weaknesses in cancer registration: and (c) factors influencing the accuracy of cancer registration. Methods: MRAs dealing with cancer registration in 81 national member hospitals were asked by mail to answer 17 questions about cancer information among...

introduction: medical information is a major tool in planning, coordinating and evaluating the delivered healthcare. in addition, documentation of medical records is useful for legal, educational and research purposes, managerial planning and accreditation. the purpose of this study is to identify the reasons for incompleteness of medical records and the physicians and managers' views in this r...

QUALITY PROBLEM In low-income countries, medical record management is often lacking. We sought to evaluate the impact of an inexpensive business process re-engineering project on the accessibility and completeness of patient information and on physician satisfaction. DESIGN Pre-post intervention study during 2006-07, using time-motion studies, medical record audits and physician surveys. SE...