مجله اطلاع رسانی پزشکی نوین
سال ششم شماره 1 (پیاپی 11، بهار 1399)

Today, chronic venous diseases are common health problems that can cause death worldwide. The existence of a minimum dataset can be a valuable and standard tool for collecting and registering the data of these patients in the chronic venous disease registry. Therefore, the present study aimed to develop a minimal data set for chronic venous disease registry.

This applied and descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in two stages in 2018-19. In the first step, information relevant to the data elements was extracted from Google's search engine and PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar databases based on literature review without time constraints. In the second stage, a Delphi questionnaire was developed using the information obtained from the first stage and given to 15 vascular surgery specialists. During the two Delphi stages, the minimum data set for chronic venous disease registry was determined. Data analysis in both stages was conducted using descriptive statistics in the SPSS v.16 software.

In chronic venous disease, a total of 349 items were collected for the categorization of demographic information, communication, baseline information, and clinical categories. After the first Delphi phase, of the 336 gradable items, 215 gained the required score and 57 were deleted. Eventually, 63 items with a median of 3 and 3.5 based on the suggested items (13 items) were entered the Delphi. A total of 76 items entered the second phase, of which 28 items were selected eventually. Finally, 243 items in 16 subsets were determined as the minimum data set for chronic venous disease.

Today, given the growing trend of chronic venous disease, the existence of a minimum data set can play an important role in improving the quality of care, reducing costs, and evaluating treatments. Moreover, it can be considered as a standard for data collection and registration in the registry.

Sustainable development is the integration of economic, social and environmental goals to maximize human well-being and satisfaction without compromising the ability of the next generation to meet their needs, for any developing country, energy is key to achieving its development goals and supporting its expanding economy. Since hospitals and medical centers are one of the most vital organizations in any society, the most manageable cost is the cost of energy, so smart intervention can be made in this area. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the factors affecting sustainable energy management in Farabi Hospital.

The present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of the nature of the method. In order to collect data, questionnaires based on multi-criteria decision-making methods used in this study (test and evaluation decision method and network analysis method) were used, which were conducted by ten experts familiar with the topic Sustainable energy management has been completed in Farabi Hospital in Bastak. The collected data were analyzed by Super Decisions software.

The results of the ranking of sustainable energy management factors show that the initiative to reduce fossil energy consumption, reduce the production of infectious waste and emphasize on waste recycling and the initiative to provide renewable energy-based products and services the most important factors affecting sustainable energy management were in Farabi Hospital.

The findings of the study show that in general, environmental criteria are more important in sustainable energy management of the hospital than economic and social criteria and should be paid more attention.

Various factors in the utilization of MOOCs should be considered in order to enable the MOOC providers to pay enough attention to these factors due to the importance and necessity of improving the MOOCs provider platforms. So, the aim of this research is the investigation of factors affecting utilization of MOOC from the perspective of RMOOC learners.

This is an applied study., which was carried through the survey method. All learners RMOOC were studied purposefully over a period of 3 months (May, June, July) in 2017 by the Electronic researcher-made questionnaire via Google Docs. The total number of the study samples was 26 individuals examined after completing the questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed after being entered into the  Excel software l using descriptive statistics.

Overall the results show the factor of “My theoretical knowledge has increased” is recognized as the most important result of the effects of participation in RMOOC. More than half of the learners dropped out. "Lack of time" was recognized as the most important reason for dropping out or not completing the course. The "official recognition of success and professional development" factor was announced as the most important factor in the promotion of completion of the course in terms of learners.

In order to improve the MOOCs provider platforms, planners, policy-makers and Senior Managers the field of higher education in the Ministries of Science and Technology, Health and treatment and Education and also RMOOC platform providers should have more precise planning to provide the MOOC‏ ‏education platforms considering these various factors in the utilization of RMOOC.

 cardiovascular diseases as the most important diseases in the elderly are progressing conditions which start in childhood and show their clinical manifestations mostly during adulthood and midlife. Early diagnosis of these illnesses improves their prognosis and leads to their timely treatment; therefore, increasing the knowledge of medical personnel regarding their early diagnosis seems to me essential. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of virtual education on the knowledge of general practitioners (GPs) about cardiovascular risk factors.

 This was a before and after interventional study. The study sample consisted of 40 general practitioners who worked in General Service Centers of Bandar Abbas. Subject were recruited by a census method. The required data were gathered by means of a questionnaire in two phases: once before the intervention, an educational file about cardiovascular risk factors which was given to the subjects via multimedia methods including booklets, CD, and social networks (Telegram, Whatsapp, and etc.), and once after the intervention after a one-month interval. The questionnaires were filled out in the presence of the researcher. The acquired data was entered into the SPSS software version 19 and analyzed by appropriate statistical tests.

The results of this study showed that the knowledge of GPs about diabetes and hypertension significantly increased after the intervention (P-Value=0.02 and P-Value=0.000 respectively). Their knowledge of physical activities, obesity, smoking, the role of gender, and dyslipidemia also increased after the intervention; however, the increase was not statistically significant (P-Value=0.973, P-Value=0.167, P-Value=0.211, P-Value=0.211, and P-Value=0.236 respectively). GPs were also asked about the preferred method for education (booklets, CDs, and social networks) in the post-test questionnaire. 80% had chosed booklets and 20% had chosen social networks as their preferred method. None of the GPs preferred CDs.

According to the results of our study, seemingly GPs prefer educational booklets over CDs or social networks as a means of their scientific education and this method of education without the need to literally attend any programs can be useful to increase the knowledge of GPs in different scientific fields.

Today, people are often faced with a huge amount of information in search of information and access to it, which, given the nature of various sciences, one must be able to find the best results using appropriate information skills and behavior. Therefore, considering the importance of the subject of this study, it examines the information needs and information behavior of Abadan University of Medical Sciences students.

This is a descriptive study conducted on students of Abadan University of Medical Sciences with a sample size of 300 individuals. The data collection tool of the researcher-made questionnaire has been confirmed by formal validity and the chrombach alpha coefficient is 80%, which has 2 sections with a total of 34 questions. SPSS software was used for statistical analysis.

The findings of this study indicate that 64.3% of the research population were girls and 35.7% boys. In terms of age, more than half of the students in the age group were 21-23 years old. The findings suggest that most of the resources used to meet the Internet's information needs are the most important criteria for selecting a resource, including comprehensibility and credibility. The most common barriers to accessing information include low Internet speeds and lack of knowledge of the source. The resources used for free study are the Internet and books, respectively.

Considering the resources used and access barriers and infrastructure, it seems that informing about the existence of resources and their use, as well as strengthening the network infrastructure, the Internet, etc. will help to remove existing barriers and facilitate and accelerate access to information resources.

Due to the importance of continuous evaluation of medical records to meet the stakeholders' needs and the lack of a comprehensive and unique tool in this field, this comparative study was conducted with the aim of investigating the quantitative evaluation indicators of inpatient medical records and validation of the proposed tool.

This cross-sectional study was performed in a descriptive-comparative method in 2019. Quantitative evaluation checklists for medical records were collected by reviewing articles and guidelines. Theas data were collected by using internet search on Google and Google Scholar and scientific databases such as Scopus, Science Direct, PubMed, SID, and Iran DOC. Keywords related to quantitative evaluation of medical records were used to search. The primary tool was developed according to sources frequency. The primary tool was surveyed by Delphi method in a round of 10 academic members of the Health Information Technology faculty A focus-group meeting was held to examine the feasibility of the proposed tools. The data were analyzed by using Excell software 2016.

A total of 51 hospital checklists, 44 articles and 10 related national and international guidelines were reviewed. Based on the frequency and importance of the indicators studied in these sources, a proposed tool for quantitative evaluation of the file was developed at four levels. Finally, after dolphin agreement and focus-group meeting, one tool with 20 main indicators was presented at four levels: red level (with critical errors), orange (major errors), yellow (minor errors), and green (no such errors) were presented.

The tool presented in this study will be practical because of its prioritization feature between indicators and error classification for evaluating, comparing, and following the improvement of inpatients' medical records in different wards in terms of documentation priorities.

The primary aim of the financial reporting system is to provide qualified information. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between managers’ attitudes toward the quality of financial reports presented in Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences in 2018.

This was a descriptive-analytical study. The statistical population of this study comprised 50 senior and middle managers of Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences who were selected by census in 2018. Data were analyzed using a standard questionnaire containing 29 statementsby SPSS 21 using descriptive statistics, T-test, and ANOVA.

The results showed that there is a significant relationship between the average dimensions, the relevance of financial information, the accuracy of presenting information and understandability of information with gender in managers toward the quality of provided financial reports. Also, significant relationship exists between the comprehensibility of financial information with marital status, the accuracy and comprehensibility of information with age group, the relevance,accuracy and comprehensibility of financial information, with the managers' level of education, the comprehensibility of information with managers' work experience, the accuracy and relevance of financial information with the type of managers' employment.

The results of data analysis showed that the highest mean was related to the "relevance of financial information". As stated, information is relevant to help users anticipate past, present, and future events or be able to confirm or adjust their past expectations. Since most of the problems of today's organizations are economic problems, it is necessary to overcome these problems and solve them, to predict the present situation with the help of past and present information. Therefore, the highest average is assigned to this dimension.

Considering the capabilities and potentials of health information technology in the field of art therapy and its effective role in increasing the quality of life of patients and improving the capabilities of health care personnel, the purpose of this study is to review the challenges and opportunities of applying art in education and treatment based on information technology. Information source or data: In this study, the review was conducted on English scientific databases, including PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct ProQuest, Ovid, Google Scholar, as well as Persian scientific databases including IranMedex, MagIran, IranDoc and SID.

In the present study, first articles and soft wares related to the use of information technology in art therapy were searched from the mentioned websites and databases. Keywords used for searching were art therapy, medical education, treatment, information technology, expert system, virtual reality and Telehealth. The results were extracted from related articles.

The results were presented in three sections including application of art in medicine, application of information technology in art therapy and challenges in this field. In the field of application of art in medicine, three aspects of improving patient education, lack of education of students and health care personnel and improving clinical outcomes were examined. In the field of application of information technology in art therapy, a review of technologies such as virtual reality, expert systems and telemedicine was performed. The main challenges identified in this area were high cost and confidentiality of information.

The high acceptance of the use of information technology in communities is seen as an opportunity for therapists to share art in the context of information technology. In designing IT-based art therapy programs, one should pay attention to the implementation process, execution time, and the type of art and technology interventions based on the dominant conditions.