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Background and Aim: According to the objectives of the information systems and to avoid duplication and help to improve the quality of care and reduce costs, HIS ongoing evaluation should be conducted to achieve these goals. This study has evaluated hospital information systems in selected hospitals with the use of "integrated hospital information system evaluation criteria-2011".

Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive-sectional research. The study population consisted of information systems in Shohada, Rsool Akram, Khatamolanbia, Imam Khomeyni and Milad hospitals. The data collection tool was a checklist of HIS indicators. Checklist was completed with direct observation and interviews with HIS users in selected hospitals. Data was analyzed by SPSS statistical software, and results were presented in statistical tables and charts.

Results: In the studied hospitals most of the subtypes of organizational and server components of the hospital information system has been set up and used. However, pharmacy, decision support, medical services, communication services and telemedicine information systems, are not yet fully set up in the studied hospitals.

Conclusion: Most subtypes of organizational and server components, currently exist in all fields in the studied hospitals.

Background and Aim: Female pattern hair loss(female androgenic alopecia) is a common but puzzling condition in women which increases by aging. Female hair loss is strongly linked to hormones and hormonal imbalances. The aim of this study was to determine the serum level of hormones such as T4, TSH, free testosterone, Prolactin(PRL) and Alb, SHBG in women(15-50 years old) with hair loss versus those without hair loss.

Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional case-control study, 71 women with hair loss and 70 normal women were selected from skin and hair care day clinics. The level of hormones and SHBG were measured by ELISA, and Alb was measured by spectrophotometery. Data were analyzed by independent t-test.

Results: After analyzing the data and determining the levels of TSH, T4, Prolactin, Alb, SHBG, no significant difference was found between the case and control groups. However, free Testosterone level was significantly different between patients and controls(P= 0.000), with a higher mean level in the case group(patients).

Conclusion : Since androgens have a major role in regulating the biological cycle of hair in women and since there was a significant difference between free testosterone in patient and control groups, we suggest that the serum level of free testosterone should be measured in women with androgenic alopecia .

 Background and Aim: Considering the information needs of users improves the quality of care . We aimed to Survey the Compliance Rate of Surgical Information Systems with The Information Needs of surgeons.

Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive and original study. Statistical Society consisted of two groups. First was the hospital information systems in hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Shahid Beheshti were the first group. The Second group were 982 surgeons. Hospitals that had the highest number of surgeries were the research sample. Researcher gathered data in two steps. First by questionnaire and then checklist was used to collect the data by interviewing the technicians’ of systems . All data has been analyzed by descriptive analysis.

Results: In Rasul and Emam hospitals surgical information systems in scheduling section(50%) had highest conformity with surgeons needs. In flexibility section in all hospitals except of Shariati, they had 50% conformity with information needs of surgeons.

Conclusion: From surgeons view flexibility capability, scheduling and accessing data had highest priority although systems from display capability had not the conformity with the user needs. In designing the surgical information systems in future it is better to consider these capabilities.