Nursing information system in hospitals of Zahedan city, Iran

Nurses can directly influence health services quality and outcomes. They need correct information in due time to provide an effective service for the patient and other healthcare personnel. Nursing information system is a subsystem of hospital information system that can help nurses to have better performances. The goal of this study was to evaluate nursing information system of hospitals of Zahedan city, Iran. This descriptive, cross-sectional study was done in 2013. Nursing information systems of four teaching hospitals in Zahedan were evaluated. A verified checklist was used to gather the data. The studied nursing information systems had 42.19% of general data specifications and 72.33% of nursing data set. None of them had classification system standards. They had 45% of nursing data register priorities and 61.12% of report requirements. Based on the pitfalls in general aspects, data register and classification, holding educational workshops, classes, and bulletins are recommended for hospital nurses of Zahedan city regarding nursing information system. Providing nurses with enough hardware requirements, supervising their system use, providing nursing information systems based on nursing classification standards and contribution of nurses in selection and implementation of this system is also suggested.