title: Determining the most important evaluation indicators of health care information systems (HCIS) in Iran.
abstract: Accurate evaluation of healthcare information systems (HCIS) relies upon the choice of appropriate indicators. Iranian healthcare and health industry professionals were surveyed, by means of a descriptive cross sectional study, in order to identify the indicators they considered most relevant to the evaluation of healthcare information systems currently in use in Iran. It was concluded that effective evaluation of HCIS should encompass a variety of perspectives and methodologies (including qualitative methodologies), focus upon technical, economic and organisational concerns, and involve diversely constituted research teams.
authors.affiliation: School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. L2000shahmoradi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shahmoradi
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haghani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires