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Functionality of hospital information systems: results from a survey of quality directors at Turkish hospitals
BACKGROUND: We aimed to determine availability of core Hospital Information Systems (HIS) functions implemented in Turkish hospitals and the perceived importance of these functions on quality and patient safety. METHODS: We surveyed quality directors (QDs) at civilian hospitals in the nation of Turk...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5767047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29329532 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12911-018-0581-2 |
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description | BACKGROUND: We aimed to determine availability of core Hospital Information Systems (HIS) functions implemented in Turkish hospitals and the perceived importance of these functions on quality and patient safety. METHODS: We surveyed quality directors (QDs) at civilian hospitals in the nation of Turkey. Data were collected via web survey using an instrument with 50 items describing core functionality of HIS. We calculated mean availability of each function, mean and median values of perceived impact on quality, and we investigated the relationship between availability and perceived importance. RESULTS: We received responses from 31% of eligible institutions, representing all major geographic regions of Turkey. Mean availability of 50 HIS functions was 65.6%, ranging from 19.6% to 97.4%. Mean importance score was 7.87 (on a 9-point scale) ranging from 7.13 to 8.41. Functions related to result management (89.3%) and decision support systems (52.2%) had the highest and lowest reported availability respectively. Availability and perceived importance were moderately correlated (r = 0.52). CONCLUSION: QDs report high importance of the HIS functions surveyed as they relate to quality and patient safety. Availability and perceived importance of HIS functions are generally correlated, with some interesting exceptions. These findings may inform future investments and guide policy changes within the Turkish healthcare system. Financial incentives, regulations around certified HIS, revisions to accreditation manuals, and training interventions are all policies which will help integrate HIS functions to support quality and patient safety in Turkish hospitals. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12911-018-0581-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-57670472018-01-17 Functionality of hospital information systems: results from a survey of quality directors at Turkish hospitals Saluvan, Mehmet Ozonoff, Al BMC Med Inform Decis Mak Research Article BACKGROUND: We aimed to determine availability of core Hospital Information Systems (HIS) functions implemented in Turkish hospitals and the perceived importance of these functions on quality and patient safety. METHODS: We surveyed quality directors (QDs) at civilian hospitals in the nation of Turkey. Data were collected via web survey using an instrument with 50 items describing core functionality of HIS. We calculated mean availability of each function, mean and median values of perceived impact on quality, and we investigated the relationship between availability and perceived importance. RESULTS: We received responses from 31% of eligible institutions, representing all major geographic regions of Turkey. Mean availability of 50 HIS functions was 65.6%, ranging from 19.6% to 97.4%. Mean importance score was 7.87 (on a 9-point scale) ranging from 7.13 to 8.41. Functions related to result management (89.3%) and decision support systems (52.2%) had the highest and lowest reported availability respectively. Availability and perceived importance were moderately correlated (r = 0.52). CONCLUSION: QDs report high importance of the HIS functions surveyed as they relate to quality and patient safety. Availability and perceived importance of HIS functions are generally correlated, with some interesting exceptions. These findings may inform future investments and guide policy changes within the Turkish healthcare system. Financial incentives, regulations around certified HIS, revisions to accreditation manuals, and training interventions are all policies which will help integrate HIS functions to support quality and patient safety in Turkish hospitals. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12911-018-0581-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2018-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5767047/ /pubmed/29329532 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12911-018-0581-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Saluvan, Mehmet Ozonoff, Al Functionality of hospital information systems: results from a survey of quality directors at Turkish hospitals |
title | Functionality of hospital information systems: results from a survey of quality directors at Turkish hospitals |
title_full | Functionality of hospital information systems: results from a survey of quality directors at Turkish hospitals |
title_fullStr | Functionality of hospital information systems: results from a survey of quality directors at Turkish hospitals |
title_full_unstemmed | Functionality of hospital information systems: results from a survey of quality directors at Turkish hospitals |
title_short | Functionality of hospital information systems: results from a survey of quality directors at Turkish hospitals |
title_sort | functionality of hospital information systems: results from a survey of quality directors at turkish hospitals |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5767047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29329532 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12911-018-0581-2 |
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