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Introduction: virtual reality is a new method for training different medical groups. Based on this technology, professionals and students of various medical sciences can determine their level of competence for medical treatment before any performance on the patient. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the applications of virtual reality technology for training the medical groups
Methods: this is a scoping review study conducted in 2016. Articles were retrieved through the search of related keywords in databases such as Pub Med, Scopus, Web of Sciences, Springer, and Google scholar. Then, after applying the entry criteria, 21 papers were selected from a total of 1343. Data extraction was done by a data collection form. The collected data were summarized and reported using content analysis technique according to the study purpose
Results: the findings of the study indicated that 11 cases [48%] have used virtual education technology for laparoscopic surgery training. Using virtual reality has improved learning in 17 [74%] studies. A higher accuracy in medical practice by people trained through VR has been reported in 20 [87%] studies
Conclusion: the results indicate that the application of virtual reality capabilities plays an important role in improving the performance of different medical groups. According to the results, it can be suggested that virtual reality capabilities should be used to train different medical groups based on their individual and collective needs
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Introduction: Telemedicine is defined as the ability to provide interactive health care by modern technologies and telecommunications which require related infrastructure and technologies. The aim of this study was to assess infrastructures of telemedicine at health centers, hospitals and clinics affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Method: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in 2015 on health care facilities equipped with telemedicine. These facilities consisted of 15 health centers, three hospitals and two clinics which were studied through census sampling method. Data were collected using a standard checklist and analyzed using descriptive statistics through SPSS version 21
Results: All the studied centers used laptop platform, of which 95% [19 Centers] had camera platform and 80% had monitors with full HD resolution. Of all the centers, 14.44% used clinical facilities and equipment and 85% [17 centers] had required facilities to hold video conferences. Totally, there was 21.31% of the required communicational protocol to establish telemedicine. The average internet network bandwidth of health centers was 644.68 MB/S
Conclusion: According to the current condition of technical infrastructure of telemedicine, it is suggested that authorities make decisions and policies to develop and improve technical infrastructure for providing more advanced services in the field of telemedicine
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Introduction: due to the importance of Electronic Medical Record [EMR] in the quality of health care services, checking the readiness of hospitals to implement it is a vital step to define success or failure of the Electronic Medical Record in the first place. The aim of this study was to evaluate the readiness of Shiraz teaching hospitals to implement Electronic Medical Record
Method: this study was a cross-sectional descriptive study done in 2015. The study population included Health Information Management [HIM] staff of Shiraz teaching hospitals. Five hospitals from a total of 14 hospitals were selected as Single-stage cluster sampling with a population of 79 health information management staff. Data collection was performed by using a validated questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of three main dimensions including technical, organizational and legal requirements. For data analysis, SPSS software version 16 and one way Analysis of Variance [ANOVA] for comparisons between five hospitals were used
Results: the results showed that Shiraz teaching hospitals have high readiness [3.66 out of 5] to implement Electronic Medical Record. Shiraz teaching hospitals are better prepared in terms of legal requirements. Also, a significant difference was not observed among the hospitals in any of the technical, organizational and legal aspects [P > 0.05]
Conclusion: due to the importance of the technical, organizational and legal aspects in the implementation of Electronic Medical Record, it is recommended that the authorities consider these aspects in implementation of Electronic Medical Record. Also, according to the high readiness of Shiraz teaching hospitals to implement Electronic Medical Record, it is recommended that authorities should take necessary measures, including financial support in order to run it