title: Quality assessment of Isfahan Medical Faculty web site electronic services and prioritizing solutions using analytic hierarchy process approach.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Implementing information technology in the best possible way can bring many advantages such as applying electronic services and facilitating tasks. Therefore, assessment of service providing systems is a way to improve the quality and elevate these systems including e-commerce, e-government, e-banking, and e-learning.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study was aimed to evaluate the electronic services in the website of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in order to propose solutions to improve them. Furthermore, we aim to rank the solutions based on the factors that enhance the quality of electronic services by using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method.
  
  
  METHODS
  Non-parametric test was used to assess the quality of electronic services. The assessment of propositions was based on Aqual model and they were prioritized using AHP approach. The AHP approach was used because it directly applies experts' deductions in the model, and lead to more objective results in the analysis and prioritizing the risks. After evaluating the quality of the electronic services, a multi-criteria decision making frame-work was used to prioritize the proposed solutions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Non-parametric tests and AHP approach using Expert Choice software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that students were satisfied in most of the indicators. Only a few indicators received low satisfaction from students including, design attractiveness, the amount of explanation and details of information, honesty and responsiveness of authorities, and the role of e-services in the user's relationship with university. After interviewing with Information and Communications Technology (ICT) experts at the university, measurement criteria, and solutions to improve the quality were collected. The best solutions were selected by EC software. According to the results, the solution "controlling and improving the process in handling users complaints" is of the utmost importance and authorities have to have it on the website and place great importance on updating this process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although, 4 out of the 22 indicators used in the test hypothesis were not confirmed, the results show that these assumptions are accepted at 95% confidence level. To improve the quality of electronic services, special attention should be paid to "services interaction." As the results showed having "controlling and improving the process in handling users complaints" on the website is the first and most important one and the process of "changing brand/factory name/address in the text of the factory license/renewal or modification of manufacturing license/changing the formula" is the least important one.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Records, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Nafiseh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hajrahimi
authors.affiliation: Medical Informatics, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Sayed Mehdi Hejazi
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dehaghani
authors.affiliation: Department of Commerce Management, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Nargess
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hajrahimi
authors.affiliation: Isfahan Health Center No. 2, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Sima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarmadi
keywords: Analytic hierarchy process approach; Isfahan Medical Faculty; service interaction; service quality; usability; websites