DEVELOPING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY MEASUREMENT INDICATORS FOR HEALTH CENTERS

• Authors: Seyed Jamaledin Tabibi , Shandiz Moslehi , Mahmood Reza Gohari , Mohamad Reza Maleki
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The purpose of this study was to identify a list indicators for information and communication technology measurement of health centers. The study was conducted in three stages: first, conducting review articles of the literature to identify different indicators for information technology measurement in health centers; second, the 2 round Delphi process was used with participating eighteen experts in two; third, Analytical Hierarchy Process method was used to give weights each indicator: 17 indicators were identified in the literature review. The Delphi method reduced the list to seven indicators. Analysing health center data had the highest weight (20%) and Existence of registration telephone line 7/24 had the lowest weight (7%). The consistency rate was 9.3% and it shows that the data were appropriate. This model can be used as a template for measuring information technology and communication systems of the healths centers in developing countries.

Keywords

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IndInformation Technology; Measurement; Indicators; Health Centers

• Publisher: University Service Publishing, Prague, Czech Republic
• Journal: Czech Journal of Social Sciences, Business and Economics
• Year: 2013
• Volume: Volume 2
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 14-22

Contributors

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Seyed Jamaledin Tabibi

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Shandiz Moslehi

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Mahmood Reza Gohari

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Mohamad Reza Maleki

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