(Zahra) Z Niazkhani MSc

Profile

After graduating from Medicine at Urmia University of Medical Science in 1999, I worked as a general practitioner in public and private sectors of Iranian health care system for nearly four years. In March 2004, I started to work on my master at the iBMG department of Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. My master thesis focused on conceptualizing the impact of computerized physician order entry on clinical workflow and was later published in JAMIA (2009;16:539 –549). After July 2006, I continued the subject with a couple of field studies at Erasmus Medical Center as my PhD research. I defended my PhD thesis entitled "a fit between clinical workflow and health care information technology: not waiting for Godot but making the journey" in December 2009. Since February 2010, I have been working as assistant professor of Medical Informatics at Urmia University of Medical Science and also collaborating with the Health Care Governance group on academic activities.
Fields of interest

• Analysis and modeling workflow processes in health information technology (HIT)
• Patient safety in health care organizations
• Clinical workflow with HIT
• Patient safety with HIT
• Evaluating the outcome of HIT implementations in health care organizations
  
  

• All publications (16)

  • Article (15)

    • Z. Niazkhani, M. Cheshmekaboodi, H. Pirnejad, K. Makhdoomi, A.A. Nikibakhsh, S. Abkhiz, A. Mivefroshan, L. Jafari, J. Zeynali, H. Mahmoodzadeh, A. Taghizadeh Afari & R.A. Bal (2018). Enabling informed policymaking for chronic kidney disease with a registry: initiatory steps in Iran and the path forward. Health Policy and Technology, 7 (1), 73-80. doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2018.01.004 [go to publisher's site]
    • H. Pirnejad & Z. Niazkhani (2017). Learning from lessons on applying information technology in organ transplant: a stepping stone to achieve Electronic Health Record meaningful use. American Journal of Transplantation, 201.
    • Z. Niazkhani, H. Pirnejad & P.R. Khazaee (2017). The impact of health information technology on organ transplant care: A systematic review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 100, 95-107. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2017.01.015 [go to publisher's site]
    • H. Pirnejad, Z. Niazkhani & R.A. Bal (2013). Clinical Communication in Diagnostic Imaging Studies: A mixed-method Study of Pre- and Post-Implementation of a Hospital Information System. Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI), 4 (4), 541-555. doi: 10.4338/ACI-2013-06-RA-0042
    • H. Pirnejad, Z. Niazkhani, J.E.C.M. Aarts & R.A. Bal (2011). What Makes an Information System More Preferable for Clinicians? A Qualitative Comparison of Two Systems. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 392-396. doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-806-9-392
    • Z. Niazkhani, H. Pirnejad, J.E.C.M. Aarts, S.A. Adams & R.A. Bal (2011). Reporting Qualitative Research in Health Informatics: REQ-HI Recommendations. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2011 (169), 877-881. doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-806-9-877
    • Z. Niazkhani, H. Pirnejad, I.H. van der Sijs & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2011). Evaluating the medication process in the context of CPOE use: The significance of working around the system. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 80, 490-506. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.03.009
    • Z. Niazkhani, H. Pirnejad, A.A. de Bont & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2010). CPOE in Non-Surgical Versus Surgical Specialties: A Qualitative Comparison of Clinical Contexts in the Medication Process. The Open Medical Informatics Journal, 4, 206-213.
    • Z. Niazkhani, H. Pirnejad, H. van der Sijs, A.A. de Bont & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2010). Computerized Provider Order Entry System. Methods of Information in Medicine, 49 (1), 20-27. doi: 10.3414/ME0631
    • Z. Niazkhani, H. Pirnejad, M. Berg & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2009). The Impact of Computerized Provider Order Entry Systems on Inpatient Clinical Workflow: A Literature Review. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 16 (4), 539-549. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M2419
    • Z. Niazkhani, I.H. van der Sijs, H. Pirnejad, W.K. Redekop & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2009). Same system, different outcomes: Comparing the transitions from two paper-based systems to the same computerized physician order entry system. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 78, 170-181. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.06.012
    • H. Pirnejad, Z. Niazkhani, I.H. van der Sijs, M. van den Berg & R.A. Bal (2009). Evaluation of the Impact of a CPOE System on Nurse-physician Communication - A Mixed Method Study. Methods of Information in Medicine, 48 (4), 350-360. doi: 10.3414/ME0572
    • H. Pirnejad, Z. Niazkhani, H. van der Sijs, M. Berg & R.A. Bal (2008). Impact of a computerized physician order entry system on nurse-physician collaboration in the medication process. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 77, 735-744. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.04.001
    • H. Pirnejad, Z. Niazkhani, M. Berg & R.A. Bal (2008). Intra-organizational communication in healthcare considerations for standardization and ICT application. Methods of Information in Medicine, 47, 336-345. doi: 10.3414/ME0502
    • Z. Niazkhani, H. Pirnejad, A.A. de Bont & J.E.C.M. Aarts (2008). Evaluating inter-professional work support by a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 136, 321-326.

  • Doctoral thesis (1)

    • Z. Niazkhani (2009, december 2). A Fit between Clinical Workflow and Health Care Information Systems. EUR (171 pag.) (Rotterdam) Prom./coprom.: dr. M. Berg & dr. J.E.C.M. Aarts.

• Present position

  (external) researcher

  University

  Erasmus University Rotterdam

  School

  Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

  Department

  Health Care Governance (HCG)

  Country

  The Netherlands

  Telephone

  0104088912