The Evaluation of the Health Information Systems by the Health Information Managers within the Research and Teaching Hospitals Affiliated with the University of Health Sciences

Authors : Abdulkadir Bolat, Ilker Köse, Osman Hayran

Pages : 144-173

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Publication Date : 2019-12-15

Article Type : Research

Abstract :The purpose of this study is to reveal the levels of knowledge of Health Information System managers who work at hospitals regarding Health Information Systems and Hospital Information Management Systems, their evaluations regarding information processes, and their perspectives on collaboration with the Ministry. The population of the research was determined as 58 Training and Research Hospitals in 16 separate provinces affiliated with the University of Health Sciences and reached 55. The average number of health information systems managers was 5 in each hospital and 277 in total. Questionnaires, which were made by examining the questionnaires in the literature, were applied by questionnaire method. The highlights of the research can be summarized as follows: While the status of managers having received training on the topic of health science was 72.9% and the status of awareness of Ministry studies regarding health information systems was 70%, their levels of direct participation in studies relating to health information was reported as 27.8%. This shows that training and being aware of the studies are not enough to participate in the related studies. It was determined when the status of managers not being aware of health information studies from the Ministry of Health according to their positions at their institutions that those who are most unaware (with 41%) are information processing personnel. According to their positions at the institutions, whether managers had received training on the topic of health information, the awareness levels of Ministry studies in the field of health information, their assignment status in the installation phase of HIMS’s, and their levels of knowing the Ministry standards for HIMS were studied. And no meaningful difference was found in the statistical analyses apart from assignment status during the installation of HIMS’s. 
Keywords : Hospital Information Management Systems, Health Information Systems, Health Information Management