Rahavard Salamat Journal

Background: HIS development in order to improve its capabilities in producing statistical indicators and reports according to user requirements, in addition to their satisfaction, is the starting point of improvement of the ability of hospital management.

This study aimed to determine the compatibility of hospital information systems with " Statistical Information System hospital framework", and the importance of the frameworks indicators from the perspective of users.

Methods: The present study was an applied-descriptive study; that In two stages by using a questionnaire containing 363 questions (on three main pivots: inpatient, emergency and outpatient), determined first the compatibility of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences HIS with the " Statistical Information System Framework " through observation and question, secound  the importance of each component of the framework by the 5-choice Likert scale, from the perspective of of statistics users. Then data analyzed with Excel 2007.

Results: average of compatibility between HIS and statistical information system framework was 23.27 percent, in outpatient indicators 35.71 percent, in inpatient indicators 23.16 percent and in emergency indicators 19.01 percent; While 97.52 percent of the indicators were considered very important and important from the perspective of hospital statistics experts.

Conclusion: presentation of statistical indicators and reports in HIS that required by users, was considered undesirable is therefore essential HIS by designed statistical information subsystems with a focus on indicators of statistical information inpatient, emergency and outpatient expand. And achieve statistical indicators and reports required in appropriate tables and graphs, in accordance with the framework to be provided.