Knowledge, Attitude, and Performance of Health Information Management Staff of Iranian Hospitals about Health Information Security

Today, the nature of data and information in health care organizations has led to a greater emphasis on health information security. Considering the role of the hospitals’ health information management staff in this issue, this study investigated their knowledge, attitude, and performance about health information security. This descriptive-analytic study was conducted on 367 employees of health information management in Iranian hospitals in 2018. After confirming its validity and reliability, a questionnaire was sent to the participants via social networks. In this study, Pearson coefficient, independent t, and ANOVA tests were used to assess the hypotheses. Scores for knowledge, attitude, and performance of participants regarding health information security were 0.67 ± 0.25, 3.35 ± 0.53, and 1.47 ± 0.41, respectively. Furthermore, the scores in each of these three dimensions had a direct and significant relationship with age, work history, academic achievement, and field of study (P = 0.001). Considering the state of knowledge, attitude, and performance of employees, it is possible to improve the status of health information security in hospitals by conducting training courses.