Type and Number of Errors of the Iranian Electronic Health Record (SEPAS) in Hospitals Affiliated with Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Masoumeh Sarbaz; Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi Baigi; Parviz Marouzi; Seyyed Mojtaba Hashemi Hasani; Khalil Kimiafar

doi:10.3233/SHTI220736

Type and Number of Errors of the Iranian Electronic Health Record (SEPAS) in Hospitals Affiliated with Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022 Jun 29:295:354-357. doi: 10.3233/SHTI220736.

Authors

Masoumeh Sarbaz¹, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi Baigi^{1

2}, Parviz Marouzi¹, Seyyed Mojtaba Hashemi Hasani¹, Khalil Kimiafar¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Records and Health Information Technology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
² Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

PMID: 35773882
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI220736

Abstract

This study aims to identify the type and number of errors in the Iranian Electronic Health Record System (SEPAS) in hospitals affiliated with Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS). A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted to specify the errors done by SEPAS in the first half of 2019, based on the type and number of errors in 26 hospitals affiliated with MUMS that were connected to the SEPAS system. SEPAS system errors were classified into four categories: identity errors, clinical errors, administrative-financial and technical errors. The most important errors that occurred in the SEPAS system included non-authentication errors in Hospital Information System (HIS), non-service records, and invalid national code, respectively. Therefore, hospital administrators and information system developers must make an effort to prevent such errors.

Keywords: Electronic health record; SEPAS; errors; hospital information systems.

MeSH terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Electronic Health Records*
Hospital Information Systems*
Hospitals
Iran