Determining the needs of the stakeholders of the sports medicine information management system of athletes based on international standards

In today's medical information system, various data are stored to be analyzed or retrieved when necessary. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the needs of stakeholders of athletes' medical information management system based on international standards.

The study population included athletes, clinical service providers and managers of sports medicine centers in Iran. In this study, comparison tables of selected countries were used to assess the needs of stakeholders and were quantitative-descriptive. To analyze the data obtained from the questionnaire, the number of answers obtained for each component was determined based on the Likert scale and according to the frequency of answers related to the options, the percentage of each was calculated and the components that were more than 50% were agreed upon.

Findings identified the initial data set, general components of the system and the initial assets of the Athlete Sports Medicine Information System. The results showed that the highest collective agreement about the presence of drug allergies and diabetes in the family's history was in the individual health records of athletes and the lowest agreement was reached on how to join the team. Stakeholder needs, compared to selected countries, included more details, including mental health information, that were not given much attention in the selected countries' datasets.

Based on the findings, it seems that a person's access to sports medicine information is a key point and a person can see and receive their information, problems and related health needs in a patient-centered treatment.