

Due to the various beneficiaries of Electronic Health Records (EHR), the information requirements of each group should be taken into account while designing the EHR. In line with the priority of implementing electronic health records in the province of Sistan and Baluchestanin Iran, this study aims to assess the dental information requirements of EHR at Zahedan Dental School. This cross-sectional study was performed in 2014. The study population comprised 6565 faculty members, residents of dental school and staff in Health Information Management of Zahedan Hospitals. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire which comprised six sets of data and 67 informative elements that were prioritized based on the average of scores. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, SPSS. All the elements, except two ones including marital and employment status which were considered as the second priority with average scores below 7, other proposed elements such as clinical findings, final diagnosis, oral health status, drug sensitivity, main complaint, patient's full name, required X-rays, medical record number, and the discharge recommendations of an average above 7 were regarded as the first priority of the respondents. In conclusion, it is recommended that these findings should be considered in the design of electronic health records system at Zahedan Dental School.