Usability Evaluation of Hospital Information System: A Cross-Sectional Study

摘要

Introduction: Hospital information system (HIS) is software that collects, gathers, retrieves, and publishdata and information and Usability evaluation result in objectives achievement. This study aimed toevaluate HIS usability in educational hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) inShiraz, Iran. Material: The study conducted from February to April 2017 and the populationcomprised 689 users of 7 HISs in 7 hospitals of SUMS. The data collected using a questionnaireaccording to Isometric 9241-110 with a 5-point Likert scale. Results: The highest and lowest subscalesof usability belong to the Conformity with user expectations and Self-descriptiveness, respectively.Except for the Suitability for individualization (p=0.156) and Suitability for learning (p=0.197), othersubscales were significantly different between hospitals (p0.05). Conclusions: The total system’susability was evaluated above medium and users more focused on task-related items and less notedtechnical features.