SURVEYING THE PATH OF INFORMATION AND THE ERRORS WITHIN THE I HOSPITALS INFORMATION SYSTEM (HIS) IN IMAM KHOMEINI MEDICAL EDUCATION CENTER

Errors in the Health and Medical Systems has multi-dimensional parameters.
Human parameters, system, equipment are the error making factors and by managing these parameters
such errors can be reduced. The aim of this study was to survey the path of information and errors
within the HIS system.
Materials & Methods: This study was based on analytical method in which the hospital information
system of Urmia Imam Khomeini Medical Education center were analyzed; in doing so the technical
errors also the human errors in the path of information from deferens parts of the hospital in the HIS
system were found using a prepared checklist. Finely the algorithm of errors or in other words the path
in which there was a high technical and human error were reported.
Results: According to the findings there was a great gap between the human errors and the education
level of operators (p=0/000). In contrast there was a signatures difference between the human errors
and different working times (p>0/05). Also there was no significant difference between the human
errors and various parts of the hospital working with HIS (P<0/05). By analyzing the path of
information in the system of HIS, it was seen that maximum error occurs in the time shifts of nights
and holidays and the clinical wards up to 40% and 33.33%, Respectively.
Conclusion: By paying attention to the changes in the needs of the health area as time goes on, the
information system should adapt itself to the changes; these changes should be in parallel with the
changes in the structure and the missions so that it would fulfill the needs of operators and prevent
errors.