PMID- 25077154
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140731
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 2277-9531 (Print)
IS  - 2319-6440 (Electronic)
IS  - 2277-9531 (Linking)
VI  - 3
DP  - 2014
TI  - The evaluation of hospital laboratory information management systems based on the 
      standards of the American National Standard Institute.
PG  - 61
LID - 10.4103/2277-9531.134769 [doi]
LID - 61
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Nowadays, modern laboratories are faced with a huge volume of 
      information. One of the goals of the Laboratory Information Management System 
      (LIMS) is to assist in the management of the information generated in the 
      laboratory. This study intends to evaluate the LIMS based on the standards of the 
      American National Standard Institute (ANSI). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research 
      is a descriptive-analytical study, which had been conducted in 2011, on the LIMSs 
      in use, in the teaching and private hospitals in Isfahan. The data collecting 
      instrument was a checklist, which was made by evaluating three groups of 
      information components namely: 'System capabilities', 'work list functions,' and 
      'reporting' based on LIS8-A. Data were analyzed using the SPSS 20. Data were 
      analyzed using (relative) frequency, percentage. To compare the data the 
      following statistical tests were used: Leven test, t-test, and Analysis of 
      Variance (ANOVA). RESULTS: The results of the study indicated that the LIMS had a 
      low conformity (30%) with LIS8-A (P = 0.001), with no difference between teaching 
      and private hospitals (P = 0.806). The ANOVA revealed that in terms of conformity 
      with the LIS8-A standard, there was a significant difference between the systems 
      produced by different vendors (P = 0.023). According to the results, a Kowsar 
      system with more than %57 conformity in the three groups of information 
      components had a better conformity to the standard, compared to the other 
      systems. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicated that none of the LIMSs had a good 
      conformity to the standard. It seems that system providers did not pay sufficient 
      attention to many of the information components required by the standards when 
      designing and developing their systems. It was suggested that standards from 
      certified organizations and institutions be followed in the design and 
      development process of health information systems.
FAU - Isfahani, Sakineh Saghaeiannejad
AU  - Isfahani SS
AD  - Health Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical 
      Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
FAU - Khajouei, Reza
AU  - Khajouei R
AD  - Medical Informatics Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, 
      Kerman University of Medical Sciences, School of Management and Health 
      Information Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
FAU - Jahanbakhsh, Maryan
AU  - Jahanbakhsh M
AD  - School of Medical Management and Informatics, Isfahan University of Medical 
      Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
FAU - Mirmohamadi, Mahboubeh
AU  - Mirmohamadi M
AD  - School of Medical Management and Informatics, Isfahan University of Medical 
      Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140623
PL  - India
TA  - J Educ Health Promot
JT  - Journal of education and health promotion
JID - 101593794
PMC - PMC4113977
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Evaluation
OT  - Hospital information systems
OT  - laboratory information management systems
OT  - standard
COIS- Conflict of Interest: None declared
EDAT- 2014/08/01 06:00
MHDA- 2014/08/01 06:01
PMCR- 2014/06/23
CRDT- 2014/08/01 06:00
PHST- 2014/08/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/08/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/08/01 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2014/06/23 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - JEHP-3-61 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/2277-9531.134769 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Educ Health Promot. 2014 Jun 23;3:61. doi: 10.4103/2277-9531.134769. 
      eCollection 2014.