Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude, and Skills of Physicians and Nurses Toward Telemedicine in a Low- and Middle-Income Country: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background And Aims: The aim of this research is to examine the awareness, knowledge, attitude, and skills of physicians and nurses concerning telemedicine in hospitals affiliated with Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2023 among nurses and physicians employed in hospitals associated with Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Iran, utilizing a proportional stratified random sampling technique. Data collection involved a predesigned questionnaire evaluating attitudes, knowledge, awareness, and skills in telemedicine (AKAS).

Design and Development of a Web-Based Registry for Outpatient Rehabilitation: A Delphi Multi-Disciplinary, Expert Consensus Study.

Background And Aims: The goal of this research was to create a minimum data set (MDS) and design a web-based registry for outpatient rehabilitation, focusing on four disciplines: speech therapy, audiology, optometry, and physical therapy. The registry was intended to enhance assessment, guide optimal care, and provide value-based and evidence-based rehabilitation management for patients.

Methods: This cross-sectional study utilized the Delphi technique at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in northeastern Iran from 2022 to 2023.

Essential dataset features in a successful obesity registry: a systematic review.

Background: The prevalence of obesity and the diversity of available treatments makes the development of a national obesity registry desirable. To do this, it is essential to design a minimal dataset to meet the needs of a registry. This review aims to identify the essential elements of a successful obesity registry.

The effect of telerehabilitation on improving the physical activity of patients with osteoarthritis: A systematic review.

This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effect of telerehabilitation on improving physical activity, physical function, and quality of life in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). A systematic review of randomized controlled trial studies was conducted without a time limit by searching for keywords in the title, abstract, and study keywords in the scientific databases Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed on October 20, 2021. This study was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.

Providing a framework for evaluation disease registry and health outcomes Software: Updating the CIPROS checklist.

Background And Aims: Properly designed and implemented registry systems play an important role in improving health outcomes and reducing care costs, and can provide a true representation of clinical practice, disease outcomes, safety, and efficacy. Therefore, the aim of this study was to redesign and develop a checklist with items for a patient registry software system (CIPROS) Checklist.

Method: The study is descriptive-cross-sectional.

Use of Digital Games for Educational Purposes Among Medical and Paramedical Sciences Students, Mashhad, Iran.

This study aimed to investigate the use of digital games for educational purposes among medical and paramedical sciences students at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Northeast of Iran). This cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2018 to January 2019. The research population was all students of the school of medicine and school of paramedical sciences at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (n = 496).

The trend of normal vaginal delivery and cesarean sections before and after implementing the health system transformation plan based on ICD-10 in the northeast of Iran: A cross-sectional study.

Background And Aims: Concerning the growing rate of cesarean sections (CSs) worldwide, encouraging normal vaginal deliveries (NVDs) and mitigating CS rates is a necessity. This study investigated the status of delivery in hospitals affiliated with the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS) before and after implementing health system transformation plan (HSTP).

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2017 in the obstetrics and gynecology ward in four MUMS teaching hospitals.

Attitudes, knowledge, and skills towards artificial intelligence among healthcare students: A systematic review.

Background And Aims: This systematic review examined healthcare students' attitudes, knowledge, and skill in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Methods: On August 3, 2022, studies were retrieved from the PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses recommendations were followed.

Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among prehospital emergency medical services workers in Mashhad, Northeast of Iran.

Background: This study aimed to assess occupational exposure to blood and body fluids (BBFs) and the use of protective equipment among prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) workers in Mashhad, Iran.

Methods: This cross-sectional questionnaire survey-based study was conducted from July 2020 to March 2021 in Mashhad. All prehospital EMS workers of Mashhad were invited to participate in the study using the census technique.

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

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.

Evaluating the Impact of Digital Game on Learning Medical Terminology of Paramedical Students: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

This is a study protocol to evaluate the Impact of digital games on learning medical terminology of paramedical students. An unblinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) 2-arm, with 1:1 allocation ratio was randomized by 60 students at the faculty of paramedical science at Mashhad University of Medical Science(MUMS), Iran, who had their medical terminology course at the time of this study, would enter the study. To evaluate the game, Participants in both groups attended typical teaching in traditional instructional activities for two months; however, the intervention group played the smartphone-based digital game during the course.

The trend of top five types of poisonings in hospitalized patients based on ICD-10 in the northeast of Iran during 2012-2018: A cross-sectional study.

Background And Aims: Poisoning remains a major health issue in developing countries with high morbidity and mortality rates; also it is one of the most common causes of admission to hospitals. This study aimed to investigate the trend of the top five types of poisonings in hospitalized patients according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) in Imam Reza hospital, Mashhad, Iran.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study performed from March 20, 2012, until September 22, 2018.

Use of Internet of Things for Chronic Disease Management: An Overview.

Most of the countries with elderly populations are currently facing with chronic diseases. In this regard, Internet of Things (IoT) technology offers promising tools for reducing the chronic disease burdens. Despite the presence of fruitful works on the use of IoT for chronic disease management in literature, these are rarely overviewed consistently.

Factors affecting the quality of diagnosis coding data with a triangulation view: A qualitative study.

Objective: The most important challenge in utilizing medical record codes is the quality of coding data. The present study aims to investigate factors affecting the quality of diagnosis coding from different aspects covering different stakeholders in a multi-dimensional approach.

Methods: First, we used Conventional Content Analysis to maximally gather all effective factors.

Fall-related hospitalization of patients in Iran.

Purpose: Trauma has been called the neglected disease of modern society. According to WHO, fall is the second major cause of trauma or deaths resulting from unintentional accidents. The aim of this study was to investigate the different types of fall according to International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) in hospitalized patients visiting specialized accident and trauma hospitals of Mashhad, Iran.

The Prevalence of Lower Extremity Injuries in Mashhad: A Five-Year Study.

Background: Injury is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Lower extremity injuries put a heavy burden on communities. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of lower extremity injuries in Mashhad, Iran.

A spatial database of colorectal cancer patients and potential nutritional risk factors in an urban area in the Middle East.

Objectives: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer across the world that multiple risk factors together contribute to CRC development. There is a limited research report on impact of nutritional risk factors and spatial variation of CRC risk. Geographical information system (GIS) can help researchers and policy makers to link the CRC incidence data with environmental risk factor and further spatial analysis generates new knowledge on spatial variation of CRC risk and explore the potential clusters in the pattern of incidence.

Development a national minimum data set for poisoning registry in Iran.

Objectives: In the developing countries with high mortality rates, poisoning is considered to be one of the most common causes of admission to emergency wards. Given the importance of registering data on poisoned patients, it is very important to have a complete poisoning Minimum Data Set (MDS). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine an MDS for poisoning registry in Iran.

Evaluating the Students' View of Medical and Paramedical Sciences About Perceived Benefits and Barriers of Virtual Social Networks for Learning Purposes.

Social networks are new technologies that facilitate the sharing and exchange of information and knowledge as well as the communication between students and professors. The purpose of this study was to investigate views of medical and paramedical sciences students about benefits and barriers of virtual social networks for learning purposes. A cross-sectional study was carried out in 2017 and the research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire based on a literature review.

Barriers to participation in center-based cardiac rehabilitation programs and patients' attitude toward home-based cardiac rehabilitation programs.

: The mortality rate of cardiovascular diseases in such developing countries as Iran is on the rise. Despite sufficient evidence pointing to its efficacy, cardiac rehabilitation (CR) approach is only employed to a limited extent. In the present study, barriers to participation in center-based cardiac rehabilitation programs and patients' attitude toward home-based cardiac rehabilitation model were examined.

Development of a National Roadmap for Electronic Prescribing Implementation.

Background: In July 2015, Iran Food and Drug Administration convened a multi-stakeholder workgroup (workgroup) to help develop recommendations for electronic prescribing implementation in Iran.

Objectives: In general, the consensus of the workgroup was to focus on solutions that incrementally reduce the burden on patients, providers, and payers, and require minimal rework by using national standards that have already been used for Health Information Interchange. We used a road mapping method which includes a number of systematic steps and is adapted from the standard scientific method.