جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « website design » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

When a website has an appropriate information architecture, it can be efficient and successful in responding to the information needs of users. The present study aims to evaluate website of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, based on information architecture.

This was a descriptive-survey study performed on Shiraz University of Medical Sciences website. Data collection and analysis were carried out by direct observation method using checklists for four subsystems of information architecture, namely organization, labeling, navigation, and search.

The overall organization of the website was based on the organization chart. The site navigation system showed the users which website they were navigating, but it did not explicitly show all the navigated levels. Although the search system displayed the total number of search results to the user and highlighted the input query in the retrieved content, many of its features as logical operators, auto-complete or auto-suggestions, and sorting search results were not active.

The website is relatively poor from the information architecture standpoint. The search and organization dimensions were weak, and the labeling and navigation dimensions were mediocre. The results of continuous evaluation and study of the website information architecture can be used to optimize the website design while highlighting the existing weaknesses and shortcomings.

The aim of the present study was to demonstrate a clear vision of the quality status of Khorasan Razavi hospitals’ websites in four dimensions of content, performance, management and using the website.
Material and This was a survey study. The sample size consisted of 49 hospital websites of Khorasan Razavi province. A check list including 21 components and four criteria (content, performance, management and how to use the website) was used as the assessing instrument. Its validity and reliability have been proved through previous studies. Also, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
The findings showed that only 59% of the hospitals in Khorasan Razavi had active websites. The overall status of the websites showed the following: too weak (51%), moderate (26.5%) and weak (16.3%), respectively. Regarding the content, performance, management and using the website and design criteria, the findings showed that 40.8% of the websites had an unfavorable condition. Of the 16 high quality websites selected, only three websites including Sina Hospital in Mashhad, Javdoll-Aemeh in Mashhad and Razavi were in good condition; meanwhile the others were in poor condition.
The results of this study indicated that most websites do not consider minimal medical standards and also, they could not establish good relationships with their audiences. In fact, in Iran, considering the quality and performance of websites has not been a priority for improving service quality in hospitals. The findings of this study can be effective in the identification and development of hospital websites quality criteria in terms of design, content, performance and management and how to use websites.