there are a lot of researches in the world about attacks on information systems (is). although there have been many attempts to classify threats of is’s especially in health information systems (his), it is still necessary for all health organization to identify new threats and their sources which threaten security of health care domain. the main aim of this paper is to present a research agend...

achieving the millennium development goals has proven to be a real challenge. providing evidence on cost-effective interventions did not prove to be sufficient to secure the trust of national authorities, health care providers and patients. introducing change in a health system requires a good understanding of the relationships between the actors of the system. social network analysis can provi...

conclusions there are advantages in applying accrual-based accounting in the public sector which certainly depends on how this system is implemented in the sector. results developed countries have implemented accrual-based accounting and utilized the valid, reliable and practical information in accrual-based reporting in different areas such as price and tariffs setting, operational budgeting, ...

introduction: over the past few decades, two revolutionary approaches have emerged as a new form of medical education: electronic medical education and web-based medical education. a number of well-known medical institutions, such as harvard and johns hopkins used a wide range of cyberspace capabilities to increase their competitiveness. researchers have expressed that cyberspace will change he...

background and objectives: pharmaceutical expenditures are responsible for a major part of health systems’ cost. according to the who’s statistics, iran is the first among the 20 countries in the world in terms of drug consumption. the first step in controlling consumption of a particular good is to identify factor inducing the relevant demands. hence, this study aimed to identify the pattern a...

extractcontinuing education is not new for us because there  is emphasis on learning and continuing education  in our culture including literature, religion, and special  traditions in different ways  .as prophet muhammad (pbuh) says: “seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave” that  it is emphasis on continuous learning and continuous. in the holy quran  the word of “alam “repeatedly stated ...

People face heterogeneous health shocks and medical spending risks. Using a rich dynamic structural life-cycle model, this paper investigates how these shocks a¤ect the savings behavior of retired single households. Consumers are allowed to respond to health shocks in two different ways: they can directly pay for their health care expenses (self-insure) or they can rely on health insurance cont...

The consumer of medical care is in a unique situation for several reasons. First, in general, the consumer is not well informed about health and medical care, certainly much less well informed than are physicians. Many, if not most, medical encounters are initiated, at least in part, for the explicit purpose of obtaining health information. In contrast to their roles in markets for most goods a...

based on iran by 2025 defined vision, we must to receive the first grade of science position in south western asian region. thus we need to have a comprehensive evaluation program.a comprehensive who health research system analysis (hrsa)- based evaluation system was developed to evaluate the hrs in iran. this article has explored the results of the five-year evaluation (2003-2008) and aims to ...