EVALUATION OF NURSES POINT OF VIEWS ABOUT HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (HIS) IN URMIA

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 nurses as end users of these systems can be helpful to design better systems and therefore
achieve more advantages like more patients' safety.
Materials & Methods: To assay the attitudes' of nurses toward Hospital Information systems, 400
nurses were asked to estimate whether they agree or disagree with a set of statements for each of the
three diffusion of innovation theory attributes (relative advantages, complexity, and compatibility).
303 questionnaires were completed and analyzed by SPSS (Statistical Product and Services Solution,
version 18).
Result: A large share of the nurses agreed that the HIS system is faster (92. 7%) and easier than paper
records (90. 1%), saves time (81. 1%), and increases the legibility of the data (90. 8%). 55% agreed
that the system leads to computer-related problems (software and hardware), and 51. 5% agreed that
HIS leads to inhumane errors. A low percentage of the nurses (13. 9%) agreed that the system leads to
more adverse drug events.
Conclusion: According to our results nurses' attitudes were found to be positive about using HIS
system to improve clinical documentation. Moreover results can help managers understand key
consideration affecting HIS development and use and may be applied as a reference for system
development and improvement