Shahnaz Khademizadeh؛ Abdolhossein Farajpahlou؛ Parisa Salmani
چکیده
Background and Objectives: Today, hospital websites are used as a communication tool in many countries of the world. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the quality and ranking of websites in governmental. Methodology: This is an applied evaluative study. The research method is a combination of a descriptive survey and the Delphi Technique. Eighty-seven active websites out of 156 websites approved by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education were selected as the sample of the study. Data was collected using data mining tool developed by Olsina et al. The validity and reliability ...
بیشتر
Background and Objectives: Today, hospital websites are used as a communication tool in many countries of the world. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the quality and ranking of websites in governmental. Methodology: This is an applied evaluative study. The research method is a combination of a descriptive survey and the Delphi Technique. Eighty-seven active websites out of 156 websites approved by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education were selected as the sample of the study. Data was collected using data mining tool developed by Olsina et al. The validity and reliability of the tool has, however, been confirmed in previous studies (α = 0.82). Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the statistical data and Excel was used for data analysis. Findings: The evaluation of hospital websites using the four criteria in WebQEM showed that the studied websites were very desirable in terms of the performance score of 0.244, very desirable in terms of efficiency with a score of 0.163, very desirable in terms of reliability with a score of 162.0, and desirable in terms of usability with a score of 0.219. The hospital websites evaluated by WebQEM were in desirable status based on the main criteria; however, they were in undesirable status in terms of secondary criteria, which requires reviewing and improving the conditions. Discussion: The results of this study can be attributed to the nature of WebQEM method. However, for a more precise evaluation of websites in Iranian hospital, it seems necessary to consider it from the viewpoint of users (patients and doctors).
میثم داستانی؛ علیرضا عطاردی
چکیده
Aim: Webometric is the quantitative study of production aspects and use of information resources, structures on the Web. This study aimed to evaluate and rank the websites of Iranian medical science' universities with an emphasis on their scientific repositories. Method: 48 websites of target universities were surveyed and examined during 23 March 2017 through 28 March 2017 using webometric tools and methods. Findings: The findings showed that Shahid Beheshti, Tehran and Ahvaz Universities of Medical Sciences had the highest ranks among the other universities in terms of their website properties, ...
بیشتر
Aim: Webometric is the quantitative study of production aspects and use of information resources, structures on the Web. This study aimed to evaluate and rank the websites of Iranian medical science' universities with an emphasis on their scientific repositories. Method: 48 websites of target universities were surveyed and examined during 23 March 2017 through 28 March 2017 using webometric tools and methods. Findings: The findings showed that Shahid Beheshti, Tehran and Ahvaz Universities of Medical Sciences had the highest ranks among the other universities in terms of their website properties, respectively. Also, scientific repository of Mashhad with 20.43 percent of the total score of the survey, Ardabil with 17.60 percent, and Artesh University of Medical Sciences with 14 percent of the total score of the survey showed to have the greatest impact on their academic webometric ranking in general. Results: The results showed that the majority of the universities of medical sciences under study did not use their repository properly, and in most universities websites, scientific repository did not appear to have a significant impact on their academic webometric ranking.
