Health Information Technology, Foresight and Strategic Decision Making for Iran: a Qualitative Study

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HEMMAT MORTEZA; AYATOLLAHI HALEH; MALEKI MOHAMMADREZA; SAGHAFI FATEMEH

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Journal: Iranian Journal of Information Processing & Management Year:2019 | Volume:34 | Issue:2 Page(s): 739-764

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Health Information Technology, Foresight and Strategic Decision Making for Iran: a Qualitative Study

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HEMMAT MORTEZA | AYATOLLAHI HALEH | MALEKI MOHAMMADREZA | SAGHAFI FATEMEH | Issue Writer Certificate

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Health Information TechnologyQ1

Key TechnologiesQ1

ForesightQ1

Qualitative StudyQ1

Mind MapQ1

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the importance of information technology in health sector, planning and identifying the prospect and a future road map is important in this area. For this purpose, applying a systematic approach to study the future of Health Information Technology is essential. The key technology is one of the approaches used in the Foresight studies and it is conducted by interviewing experts. The aim of this study was to use key technology approach to identify the most important health information technologies for Iran until 2025. This Qualitative Study was conducted in two phases. The first phase was related to developing a Mind Map of health information technologies based on the literature review and an expert panel results. In the second phase, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 experts to identify the key health information technologies for Iran until 2025. In the first phase, content analysis and in the second phase, framework analysis was used to analyze data. According to the results, the main themes were immediate, cheap, stable, and secure access to the maximum health records of the entire population, equitable access to resources and services of the health counter, development of knowledge management in medical and health sciences, development of governmental electronic services (backup) in health system, development of m-health, IT governance in health and development of national HIT infrastructure. In total, 19 key health information technologies were identified which were related to the main themes. The development of electronic health records, national health information network, data sharing, patient’ s personal health record (PHR), m-health, clinical decision support systems and Health Information Technology infrastructure were found to be the most important health information technologies for Iran until 2025. It seems that identifying key health information technologies can help to facilitate strategic and operational planning in this area and help to allocate resources realistically.

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HEMMAT, MORTEZA, AYATOLLAHI, HALEH, MALEKI, MOHAMMADREZA, & SAGHAFI, FATEMEH. (2019). Health Information Technology, Foresight and Strategic Decision Making for Iran: a Qualitative Study. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT (INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY), 34(2 ), 739-764. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/399698/en

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HEMMAT MORTEZA, AYATOLLAHI HALEH, MALEKI MOHAMMADREZA, SAGHAFI FATEMEH. Health Information Technology, Foresight and Strategic Decision Making for Iran: a Qualitative Study. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT (INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY)[Internet]. 2019;34(2 ):739-764. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/399698/en

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MORTEZA HEMMAT, HALEH AYATOLLAHI, MOHAMMADREZA MALEKI, and FATEMEH SAGHAFI, “Health Information Technology, Foresight and Strategic Decision Making for Iran: a Qualitative Study,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT (INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY), vol. 34, no. 2 , pp. 739–764, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/399698/en

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