Designing the Decision Support Information System Model for Board of Trustees in Ayatollah Kashani Hospital, Shahrekord

One of the types of hospital management information systems is decision support information system (DSIS). This system uses decision-making models and databases for preparing specific information to support their semi-structured or unstructured decisions. The present study aimed to design a decision DSIS model for Board of Trustees of Ayatollah Kashani Hospital, Shahrekord, Iran. This exploratory and modeling study was performed in 2010 and conducted in Board of Trustees Ayatollah Kashani Hospital in Shahrekord. The study population consisted of 30 Board of Directors and hospital administrators. Data collection was performed through a researcher-made 42-item questionnaire with approved validity and reliability (85%) by the expert professors used for interviewing and observation. The data were analyzed using principles of systems analysis and management and, mathematical analysis and also operations research technique. Complete information about identifying the organizational environment, information architecture diagrams, the decision-making pattern of Board of Directors and the hospital authorities, the mathematical models and other decision-making models were achieved and the DSIS model was designed for Board of Trustees of Ayatollah Kashani Hospital, Shahrekord, Iran. Hospital information architecture diagram did not have much difference compared with the other conducted studies; however, using DSIS model and its output through the operations research techniques, mathematical patterns and other appropriate patterns would resulted in decisions that the hospital’s board might make and support them.