Design, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative intelligence information management system for premature infants

INTRODUCTION: Low birth weight is the most important condition of neonatal community health and the main cause of neonates' mortality. Identifying the indexes associated with this condition, and factors to prevent, and managing related data can help reduce the birth of premature infants to reduce the mortality rate due to this condition. The goal of present study was to design, implement and evaluate an innovative intelligence information management system for premature infants. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The present study was a multidisciplinary research that was done in 2019 to 2021 in four integrated phases in Iran. The first phase aimed to compare the current status of registration systems of premature infants through a systematic review and semi-structured interviews by using the Delphi model Then the minimum data set was determined and was designed a proposed model based on it. In the second phase, the structure and how the user interacts with the system were determined, and, using Microsoft Visio software, Unified Modeling Language diagrams were drawn to define the logical relationship of data. In the third phase, the system was developed, and finally in the last phase, in three methods, users' views on the usability of the system were evaluated. RESULTS: The findings of this study included 233 essential data elements that were placed in two main groups of essential data, and the system was approved by end users for 87.73% consent and 67.19% satisfaction for SUMI (Software Usability Measurement Inventory) and 7.97 of 9 in QUIS questionnaire. CONCLUSION: This research's results can be beneficial and functional such as a complete sample for design and development of other systems concerned to health systems.