Background: Health information systems (HIS) play a major role
in decision-making. The aim is to identify the components
of computerized HIS and their relationship to administrative decisions at the
main referral hospitals for Sana’a city. Method: This applied research
is a descriptive, cross-sectional study in which the HIS of 7 hospitals
affiliated with Sana’a city hospitals during “2017-2020”, was evaluated based
on Self-administered questionnaires. Data were collected by using
Self-administered questionnaires and analyzed in SPSS 16 by using descriptive
statistics. Results: A total of 626 users (95.7%) had responded. 73%,
75%, 69%, 70%, 71% of users mentioned that resources were available, for physical, software, human, organizational, and
decision computerized HIS, respectively. The study showed a strong
relationship between computerized information systems with their physical,
software, human and organizational components, and medical and administrative
decisions. While the study showed the absence of a relationship between
demographic factors and computerized information systems with their hardware,
software, human and organizational components, medical and administrative
decisions, except for gender with organizational components, age, qualification
with hardware and software components, and years of experience with all study
variables. Conclusion: The application of HIS at hospitals in
decision-making has several challenges, including the lack of updating of
hardware and software components Furthermore, the absence of specific, focusing on developing their technical staffs, and
mobilizing financial resources to achieve implementation properly.
Therefore, establishing the technical management with clear roles and tasks with
multi-disciplinary, and increasing the support of the administrative leadership
in the process of implementing HIS are recommended.
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