[Evaluation of structure and content of websites of the educational hospitals in Iran - 2007]

ABSTRACT

Nowadays, various tools are used in health informatics; the type of these tools should be related to the patients' and healthcare providers' needs. Hospital websites are suitable systems for data exchange and communication between patient and healthcare providers. This study performed for analysis and evaluation of structure and content of websites of the educational hospitals in Iran. In a descriptive study, 8 Iranian educational hospital websites were analyzed for structure, content and related links by using 4 researcher made check lists. The average score was 12/30 for structural analysis. 5.75/15, 2.6/19, and 2/24 were calculated scores for of, content analysis of homepage, [about us] page, and other links, respectively. In general, the structure of Iranian educational hospital websites is at medium level and their content is at very weak level