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Health information technologies in Iran: Opportunities for development
Background: Health information technologies (HIT) have some benefits and may have some potentially negative impacts. Therefore, it is difficult to plan for future health information technologies. This study aimed to investigate the key and non-key health information technologies which could be consi...
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Iran University of Medical Sciences
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6946927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31934563 http://dx.doi.org/10.34171/mjiri.33.103 |
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author | Hemmat, Morteza Ayatollahi, Haleh Maleki, Mohammadreza Saghafi, Fatemeh |
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description | Background: Health information technologies (HIT) have some benefits and may have some potentially negative impacts. Therefore, it is difficult to plan for future health information technologies. This study aimed to investigate the key and non-key health information technologies which could be considered for the future strategy development in Iran. Methods: In this study, experts and policymakers in the field of health information technology were invited to take part in a qualitative study. Purposive sampling was used to select the most informant people, and 13 interviews were conducted. The method of framework analysis was used to analyze data. Results: The four main themes emerged from data analysis were 1) immediate, cheap, stable, and secure access to the health records of the society, 2) equitable access to health care resources and services, 3) knowledge management in healthcare services, and 4) governmental/central electronic services for the health system. To cover the mentioned areas, a number of key and non-key technologies were discussed by the interviewees. Conclusion: In this study, a number of key and non-key health information technologies were recognized. While the findings can help policymakers to pay more attention to the key technologies to improve healthcare delivery, these technologies need to be prioritized in terms of their importance for the country. |
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spelling | pubmed-69469272020-01-13 Health information technologies in Iran: Opportunities for development Hemmat, Morteza Ayatollahi, Haleh Maleki, Mohammadreza Saghafi, Fatemeh Med J Islam Repub Iran Original Article Background: Health information technologies (HIT) have some benefits and may have some potentially negative impacts. Therefore, it is difficult to plan for future health information technologies. This study aimed to investigate the key and non-key health information technologies which could be considered for the future strategy development in Iran. Methods: In this study, experts and policymakers in the field of health information technology were invited to take part in a qualitative study. Purposive sampling was used to select the most informant people, and 13 interviews were conducted. The method of framework analysis was used to analyze data. Results: The four main themes emerged from data analysis were 1) immediate, cheap, stable, and secure access to the health records of the society, 2) equitable access to health care resources and services, 3) knowledge management in healthcare services, and 4) governmental/central electronic services for the health system. To cover the mentioned areas, a number of key and non-key technologies were discussed by the interviewees. Conclusion: In this study, a number of key and non-key health information technologies were recognized. While the findings can help policymakers to pay more attention to the key technologies to improve healthcare delivery, these technologies need to be prioritized in terms of their importance for the country. Iran University of Medical Sciences 2019-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6946927/ /pubmed/31934563 http://dx.doi.org/10.34171/mjiri.33.103 Text en © 2019 Iran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0 License (CC BY-NC-SA 1.0), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Hemmat, Morteza Ayatollahi, Haleh Maleki, Mohammadreza Saghafi, Fatemeh Health information technologies in Iran: Opportunities for development |
title | Health information technologies in Iran: Opportunities for development |
title_full | Health information technologies in Iran: Opportunities for development |
title_fullStr | Health information technologies in Iran: Opportunities for development |
title_full_unstemmed | Health information technologies in Iran: Opportunities for development |
title_short | Health information technologies in Iran: Opportunities for development |
title_sort | health information technologies in iran: opportunities for development |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6946927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31934563 http://dx.doi.org/10.34171/mjiri.33.103 |
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