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Background: With the outbreak of COVID-19 in the world, E-learning systems have been introduced as the main approach to education. E-learning infrastructures (especially the educational system) largely influence the quality of education. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the quality of NAVID system as an e-learning system used in Iranian medical universities. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the faculty members and students who were willing to participate and used NAVID system in the School of Nutrition and Food Technology of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran in 2020. The user experience questionnaire (UEQ) was employed to evaluate the quality and efficiency of NAVID e-learning system. The UEQ is a 26-item questionnaire with six domains of attractiveness, perspicuity, efficiency, dependability, motivation, and novelty, which are scored based on a Likert scale (range: +3 to -3). Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 16. Results: In total, 60 participants completed the UEQ of NAVID system. The mean scores of attractiveness, perspicuity, efficiency, dependability, motivation, and novelty were estimated at 0.161 ± 1.350, -0.321 ± 1.305, -0.188 ± 1.169, -0.404±0.999, 0.417 ± 1.248, and -1.101 ± 1.097, respectively. Correspondingly, NAVID e-learning system has poor quality in all the domains of user experience. Conclusions: According to the results, NAVID e-learning system should be improved in all the areas of user experience.

Background: Hospital indicators are among the most important factors in hospital performance. The aim of this study was to measure the performance of hospitals covered by Iran University of Medical Sciences and to compare them with the national indicators. Methods: In the present cross-sectional descriptive study, performance indicators of all hospitals covered by Iran University of Medical Sciences were compared descriptively in 2018-2019. Data were collected from the Medical Record of treatment deputy of Iran University of Medical Sciences. The collected information was analyzed using descriptive tools, Excel software, and the Ministry of Health and Medical Education standard index tables. Results: The average bed occupancy index, average hospital stay index, and patient registration ratio per bed were 69.17, 4.30, and 75.18 in the hospitals covered by Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2018-2019, respectively. These rates show average, undesirable, and desirable status by national standards, respectively. Conclusion: Given that the average length of stay indicator was at an inappropriate level in this study, hospital authorities are recommended to take the necessary measures to identify the reasons and improve the hospital performance in this regard.