conclusions since international accreditation standards have clearly stated all processes and organizations are required to implement them, obtaining the relevant licenses can ensure health tourist that they have selected the right country and the right hospital to access their desired medical services. results implementation of international accreditation standards has a significant effect on ...

conclusions reduction of surplus production factors through comprehensive planning based on the results of the data envelopment analysis can play a major role in cost reduction of hospitals and health sectors. in hospitals with a technical efficiency score of less than one, the original and projected values of inputs were different; resulting in a surplus. hence, these hospitals should reduce t...

in orders to promote the level of healthcare in societies, governments try to have different policies to transform the health system. the aim of this study was to measure the level of awareness of practitioners in iran, after initiating the new transformation of the health system in the country, starting from may 2014. this is a descriptive–cross-sectional study, which was inducted in october 2...

introduction: the patient’s satisfaction from hospital services is one of the most important criteria for the effectiveness and quality of the services presented in different wards of hospitals. this study aims at determining the satisfaction of patients admitted in razi hospital in ghazvin from the presented services there. materials and methods: this is a cross-sectional study performed in ra...

objective(s): the nosocomial infections by aspergillus species are associated with constructions and increased dust loads in hospital indoors. our main object was to find the environmental sources of aspergillus species causing hospital acquired infections. materials and methods: the clinical and environmental samplings were performed during 18 months from spring 2010 to summer 2011 in imam edu...

in a thousands beds general hospital affiliated to the tehran university, long-standing infestations of insects such as cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes and rat were found as a result of vicious circles and substandard clearing which are due to not well trained and drilled personnel of contracting agency, out of work condition of two incinerators, quasti-administrative aspects of their program on...

background: since, midwifery plays a pivotal role in terms of both family and social health, and increase their job satisfaction will result in augmented care and medical services quality delivered to both susceptible groups named mothers and infants as well as family health and satisfaction, then attention to their heath and job satisfaction seems critical. therefore; the current study was aim...

background: burnout, a phenomenon that is of interest for both individuals and organizations, is characterized by decreasing energy, power and resources in the presence of excessive demands. nurses are more prone to develop burnout due to both the emotional nature of their jobs as well as patients' demand. the present study was aimed to assess burnout among nurses working in the iranian ho...

Background: Breastfeeding failures and oral feeding problems in preterm infants result in long-term health complications. In this study, therefore, we aimed to evaluate the effect of oral stimulation along with non-nutritive sucking (NNS) on independent oral feeding initiation and weight gain in preterm infants. Methods: This prospective randomized clinical trial was carried out at Aliasghar Ho...