title: Nurses' Contribution to Health Information Technology of Iran's 2025 Health Map: A Review of the Document.
abstract: Implementation of eHealth strategy in Iran has a history less than 17 years. Iran's eHealth strategy is developed in 2011 and is called "Iran' 2025 Health Map: Health Information Technology". Considering the important role of nurses in providing healthcare services as well as in future long term plans such as sustainable development, it is of high value to pay attention to nurses' contribution in developing eHealth strategies. Thus the purpose of this study was to investigate nurses' contribution to health information technology of Iran's 2025 health map. This study was a qualitative study conducted in 2015 through reviewing the "Iran' 2025 Health Map: Health Information Technology" official report. The strategy published in three volumes and in Persian language was downloaded through the official website of the office of Statistics and Information Technology of Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME). Two main themes were identified in the report indicating areas which nurses' roles were clearly stated. The findings revealed that nurses' contribution is not clearly stated in the strategy. However, there are a few areas highlighting nurses' involvement such as "determining beneficiary groups" and "information dissemination". It is suggested that more attention needs to be paid in contribution of nurses in further actions to revise the Iran's eHealth strategy.
authors.affiliation: Health Information Management Department, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farahnaz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sadoughi
authors.affiliation: Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Azadi
authors.affiliation: Medical Library and Information Sciences, Office of Vice Chancellor for Global Strategies and International Affairs, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Tannaz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Azadi
mesh_terms: D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D007492:Iran; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009737:Nursing Records