The Feasibility of Hospital Information System for the Establishment of Evidence based Medicine in the Affiliated Hospitals in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

The aim of study is the feasibility of hospital information system for establishment of evidence-based medicine in affiliated hospital to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2016. The statistical population was all the specialist and head nurses (46 head nurses and 34 specialists) of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. The sampling has done with parabolic random method. Data collection has done with a questionnaire, which its validity have estimated, by the specialist. The data have analyzed descriptive statistical test and t-test by using SPSS ver.20 software. The result sowed that no significant difference between the average score acquisition of accessing to EBM database with hypothetical average (P>0.05). In addition, there was a statistically significant difference between the hospitals data system condition average score (P=0.02). Based on the results of this study there was statistically significant difference between the applicability of providing cultural field of using the EBM average score and hypothetical average and the average score of the applicability for providing cultural use of the EBM was more than the hypothetical average (P<0.001). The affiliated hospitals to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences have proper condition in terms of accessing to the reference data bank, hospital information system and the existence of EBM cultural infrastructure. However, the condition of accessing to the database was not desirable, therefore, providing possibility for accessing the EBM database have suggested.