Background & Aims : Errors in the Health and Medical Systems has multi-dimensional parameters . Human parameters, system, equipment are the error making factors and by managing these parameters such errors can be reduced. The aim of this study was to survey the path of information and errors within the HIS system.

  Materials & Methods : T his study was based on analytic al method in which the hospital information system of Urmia Imam Khomeini Medical Education center were analyzed in doing so the technical errors also the human errors in the path of information from deferens parts of the hospital in the HIS system were found using a prepared che c klist. Finely t he algorithm of errors or in other words the path in which there was a high technical and human error were reported.

  Results: According to t he finding s there wa s a great gap between the human errors and the education level of operators ( p =0/000). In contrast there was a signatures difference between the human errors and different working times ( p >0/05). Also there was no significant difference between the human errors and various parts of the hospital working with HIS (P<0/05). By analyzing the path of information in the system of HIS , it was seen that maximum error occurs in the time shifts of nights and holidays and the clinical wards up to 40% and 33.33%, Respectively.

  Conclusion: By paying attention to the changes in the needs of the h ealth area as time goes on, the information system should adapt itself to the changes these changes should be in parallel with the changes in the structure and the missions so that it would fulfill the needs of operators and prevent errors.

   SOURCE: URMIA MED J 2013: 24(6): 462 ISSN: 1027-3727