Introduction: Given the importance of medical information in improving the quality of medical treatment, the use of the hospital information system is effective.
Methods: This descriptive study was of evaluation type and was conducted in 2021. The main criteria of hospital information systems were extracted from different articles. Subsequently, the most reliable ones were identified based on the opinion of 15 with using of Delphi technique and were included in a checklist as a criterion. This checklist became the basis for evaluating the Health Information System software.
Results: This study identified the most important features and services of hospital information systems as criteria and compared the existing hospital information systems in Iran, Tehran and Shahid Beheshti universities of medical sciences with these criteria. The results indicated that the companies producing HIS have obtained a score of 12.5% to 37.5% based on the features scale and 14% to 23% based on the services scale. The total score of the hospital information systems of the companies were 12.5% to 37.5% based on the scale of product of the features and services. Thus, the mentioned issues suggest that the acceptability score of the hospital information systems under study was lower than the average indicating that they lack the necessary features.
Conclusion: The standard guideline of the Ministry of Health, used as a document to create HIS suffers from problems and does not meet the standards.