Abstract

Leila Jamshidi, Leila Riahi* and Katayoun Jahangiri

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Iran is among the most disastrous countries throughout the world. Due to the importance of hospitals' preparedness during natural disasters, the present research aims to study the relationship between hospital information system quality and preparedness of health information management department in natural disasters in Tehran hospitals. Method: This is an applied research in terms of results and it is a correlative research in terms of method. In present research, health information management department of three hospitals in Tehran was selected as the research setting and a checklist was used to collect data. The checklist includes two parts: the first part assesses hospital information system quality which is based on the fourth version of assessment indices of hospital information system. The second part has been made by the researcher and it is based on readiness of health information management department in disasters. Results: Results indicate that hospital information system quality associates with readiness of health information management department (p