Evaluation of the Usability of Drug Abuse Registration System From the Users' Point of View at Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Badali, Borhan; Delirrad, Mohammad; Boushehri, Behzad; Jebraeily, Mohamad

doi:10.52547/unmf.20.3.251

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“…The results of Almasi et al's research mainly showed the positive effects of the HIS on the development of health services (30). Additionally, a study conducted in 2020 using the opinions of internal managers and information technology specialists of hospitals affiliated with Urmia University of Medical Sciences showed that the design and implementation of the health information management dashboard should be reviewed and revised (31).…”

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The Hospital Cost Reduction Strategies from the Managers’ Point of View: A Qualitative Study in Iran

Seyedin,

Moghimi,

Goharinezhad

et al. 2024

Health Scope

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Background: Nowadays, hospitals are increasingly facing a shortage of resources, posing a significant challenge. This situation has led to competition, where a successful organization is defined by its ability to cut costs while upholding the quality of services. Objectives: This study aimed to identify cost reduction strategies from the viewpoint of hospital managers in Tehran Province, Iran. Methods: This qualitative study was performed between April and September 2021 in Tehran Province, Iran. The data were collected using in-depth semi-structured interviews with 24 managers of public and private hospitals affiliated with Iran University of Medical Sciences. The participants were selected using purposive sampling. The obtained data were analyzed using the content analysis method in NVivo 10 software. Results: Through analyzing the interviews conducted with aware key participants, cost reduction strategies were presented in 3 themes, 10 categories, and 42 subcategories. Key themes for cost reduction strategies include human resources in 4 categories, management and organization in 4 subcategories, and building equipment and facilities in 2 subcategories. Conclusions: Policymakers, especially hospital managers, can cut costs by adding economic insight into health services and providing a platform to increase efficiency and optimal use of available resources. Formulation of strategies in the field of human resources management, equipment and construction facilities, and organization of hospitals can play a significant role in reducing hospital costs and achieving the goals of the health system.

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The Hospital Cost Reduction Strategies from the Managers’ Point of View: A Qualitative Study in Iran

Seyedin,

Moghimi,

Goharinezhad

et al. 2024

Health Scope

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“…The problems caused by the dashboard's lack of usability, such as the display of false and ambiguous messages and feedback lacking important information, confuse users and reduce the dashboard's and service delivery's efficiency and quality [35]. As a result, by performing the evaluation, it is possible to identify the problems in the dashboards and take action and plan to solve them to increase the level of user satisfaction and the quality of the dashboard and take steps toward its improvement.…”

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Development and Usability Evaluation of a Web-Based Health Information Technology Dashboard of Quality and Economic Indicators

Kharazmi,

Majidpour Azad Shirazi,

Yazdani

2023

Front Health Inform

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Introduction: Strategic dashboards, including hospital economic monitoring systems, play a major role in analyzing data and making decisions. As the health system is a multidimensional ecosystem, decision-makers and healthcare officials must gather and integrate information from numerous health information systems to monitor and direct healthcare centers. This study aims to develop and usability evaluation of a health information technology dashboard in Iran that utilizes qualitative and economic indicators.Material and Methods: This study was conducted in four phases. It included extracting the requirements of the system through the focus group technique. Based on these results, a comprehensive economic dashboard was developed. Then, the system’s usability is evaluated from the perspectives of experts and end-users by two scales of Nielsen and USE, respectively.Results: The dashboard was developed on the web and different access levels were defined for users according to their roles. This dashboard provides the ability to integrate information from different systems at the national level for decision-makers. The results of usability evaluation from users' point of view showed that it has a good level of usability. Furthermore, evaluation results revealed that aesthetic aspects and simple design and clarity of system status (0%), privacy (1.49%), "visibility and clarity of the system" and "adaptation between the system and the real world" (2.98%), have the fewest design errors. With 14 problems (20.89%), "recognition rather than remembering" and "compliance with uniformity and standards" have the highest frequency of problems.Conclusion: The development of an extensive integrated economic health dashboard, based on usability principles that are suitable for its stakeholders regardless of their specialty and granted access level, is welcomed by the health economist, hospital managers, and the ones who have an active role in monitoring and coordinating hospitals or even in greater scales such as national wide decision makers.

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“…Also, in the European Union, the Monitoring Center for Drugs and Addiction (EMCDDA) has been established to provide real, objective, reliable and comparable information about drugs, drug addiction and their consequences (11). Substance abuse has long been recognized as a national problem in Iran that poisoning with pharmaceutical drugs, opioids and alcohols is common (12). According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, 1% of the Iranian population aged 15 or older suffered from alcohol consumption disorders in 2016 (13).…”

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“…This important matter is implemented by creating information systems and disease registration system (16-17). The disease registration system is the systematic collection of uniform data on a speci c disease, exposure to hazardous substances or events and treatment (12). The purpose of this systems is to investigate disease outbreaks, determine temporal and spatial trends, monitor safety and harm exposures, evaluate the quality of healthcare services, and nally develop and promote research, implement detailed plans and programs (18).…”

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Substance Abuse Poisoning Registry development: Based on lessons learned from a pilot implementation

Jebraeily

Delirrad

Boushehri

et al. 2023

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Background: Substance abuse has been recognized as a national problem in which poisoning with pharmaceutical drugs, opioids and alcohols is a common problem in Iran. Due to the lack of a comprehensive information system related to Substance abuse, despite the systematic information in health services, and to achieve this goal, the purpose of this research was to develop a registry system for substance abuse poisoning in - Urmia University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This research is a practical development study that was done in 4 phases. In the first phase, minimum data set (MDS) of the system were determined. In the second phase, the registration system was designed. The third phase includes the implementation of the system, and finally, the system was evaluated by QUIS questionnaire. Results: A total of 58 data elements in 6 classes were recognized as essential for this system from the point of view of experts. The system was implemented on the ASP.NET platform using C# language and SQL Server database in the poisoning department of Taleghani Hospital in Urmia. The evaluation of usability of the system showed score obtained in the 6 main categories were in set of terms of the system 8.52, screen 8.36, ability to learn 8.8, overall functionality 8.04, user interface 7.98, and the overall interaction is 7.73 respectively. Conclusion: Considering the capabilities of the system for registering poisonings caused by drug abuse, it seems necessary to implement this system in the form of a national network, in order to make the necessary interventions to control drug abuse while using resources efficiently.

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Evaluation of the Usability of Drug Abuse Registration System From the Users' Point of View at Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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The Hospital Cost Reduction Strategies from the Managers’ Point of View: A Qualitative Study in Iran

The Hospital Cost Reduction Strategies from the Managers’ Point of View: A Qualitative Study in Iran

Development and Usability Evaluation of a Web-Based Health Information Technology Dashboard of Quality and Economic Indicators

Substance Abuse Poisoning Registry development: Based on lessons learned from a pilot implementation

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