Challenges of Information Systems in Healthcare Organizations

Document Type : Review

Authors

1 Department of Educational Sciences, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

2 Medical Education Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Information systems enable the managers to access the proper information needed to make decisions. Management decision making based on real information leads to increased efficiency and effectiveness. Problems related to information system will lead to incorrect information and consequently incorrect decisions. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate and identify the challenges of ISs in healthcare organizations.
Methods: This study is a systematic review. PubMed/Medline, Scopus, PMC and Iranian databases such as Magiran and SID were searched from 2013 to 2018. English and Persian studies were searched using keywords including IS, Hospital Information System, Health Information Technology, Health Information System, Medical Information Reporting System, Electronic Medical Record, Electronic Health Record, Medical Informatics, Health Informatics, Nursing Information System, Nursing Informatics, hospital Management Information System, Nursing Clinical Information System, Pharmacy Information System, and Electronic Medical Record System.
In the initial search, 300 studies were identified. After screening the studies using the exclusion criteria, 101 of them were selected. Then, through complete reviews of full texts of the studies, 54 of them were excluded from the study. The rest of the articles were coded by Esterberg method and 6 themes of challenges were extracted.
Results: The results showed that the challenges of IS in the health system included structural, manpower, financial/support, security, process, and organizational challenges.
Conclusion: To achieve the success and effectiveness of IS and make the right decisions based on the proper information, it is necessary to eliminate the issues that lead to problems in these systems.
 

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Health Management & Information Science
Volume 7, Issue 4
October 2020
Pages 187-195

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