title: Development a minimum data set of the information management system for burns.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Burns are the most common and destructive injuries in across of the world and especially in developing countries. Nevertheless, a standard tool for collecting the data of burn injury has not been developed yet. The purpose of this study was to develop a minimum data set (MDS) of the information management system for burns in Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  This descriptive and cross-sectional study was performed in 2014. Data were collected from hospitals affiliated with Hormozgan and Iran University of Medical Sciences and medical documents centers, emergency centers and legal medicine centers located in Bandar Abbas city, in addition to internet access and library. Investigated documents were burn injury records in 2013, and documents that retrieved from the internet, and printed materials. Records were selected randomly based on T20-T29 categories from ICD-10. Data were collected using a checklist. In order to make a consensus about the data elements the decision Delphi technique was applied using a questionnaire. The content validity and reliability of questionnaire were assessed by expert's opinions and test-retest method, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An MDS of burns was developed. This MDS divided into two categories: administrative and clinical with six and 17 section and 161 and 311 data elements respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study showed that comprehensive and uniform data elements about burns do not exist in Iran. Therefore a MDS was developed for burns in Iran. Development of an MDS will result in standardization and effective management of the data through providing uniform and comprehensive data elements for burns. Thus, comparability of the extracted information from different analyses and researches will be possible in various levels. In addition, establishment of policies and prevention and control of burns will be possible, which results in the improvement of the quality of care and containment of costs.
authors.affiliation: Professor of Health Information Management Department, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Health management and economics research center, Iran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.affiliation: PhD student of Health Information Management, Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: jahanpour.alipour@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jahanpour
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alipour
authors.affiliation: PhD student of Health Information Management, Health management and economics research center, Iran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.affiliation: MSc of Health Information Technology, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khorami
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D066264:Datasets as Topic; D003697:Delphi Technique; D003906:Developing Countries; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D058006:General Practice; D063025:Health Information Management; D063005:Health Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Burn; Information management system; Injuries; Minimum data set