title: IMASIS. A multicenter hospital information system--experience in Barcelona.
abstract: The present study aimed to analyse physicians' attitudes towards IMASIS, and their potential influence on IMASIS medical record project. IMAS (Institut Municipal d'Assistència Sanitària) is the health care organisation of the City Council of Barcelona. IMAS hospital information system (IMASIS), which first applications were designed and implemented in 1984, is currently facing a new phase, focused on clinical information management. Our approach included a personal interview with representatives of every hospital unit, and a self-administered questionnaire distributed to every clinician. Both provided a worthy insight into the cultural patterns to be considered in the HIS implementation process. Moreover, the results helped to define the subsequent steps of IMASIS evolution. Our experience is proposed as a tool to assess clinical informations systems from a user point of view.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Informatics, Institut Municipal d'Assistència Sanitària (IMAS), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sancho
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Planas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Domènech
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martín-Baranera
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sanz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014584:User-Computer Interface