PURPOSE This qualitative study explored the experiences of primary health care providers and staff who had moved beyond the stage of implementing electronic medical records (EMRs) in their practices to using this technology on an on-going basis. METHODS A descriptive qualitative approach was used. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 19 participants. Data analysis was iterative and i...

Patients are crossing national borders in search of affordable and timely health care. Many medical tourism companies are now involved in organizing cross-border health services. Despite the rapid expansion of the medical tourism industry, few standards exist to ensure that these businesses organize high-quality, competent international health care. Addressing the regulatory vacuum, 10 standard...

b a ckground: the purpose of this study was to examine religious, cultural, and social beliefs of healthy women about breast cancer in rural settings in iran. m ethods: in the present study, 16 in-depth interviews with health care leaders, social and religious experts and 11 focus group discussions were conducted with 79 women in the rural areas near the capital city of tehran, iran. grounded t...

background satisfaction with health care is an important criterion and variable in assessing the quality of medical care. especially mother’s satisfaction from childbirth care procedure is a determinant factor in psychological and social health the study aimed to assess mothers’ satisfaction in terms of education and information provided by maternal care givers. material and methods a descripti...

background: religious beliefs, access to alcohol and country rules clearly have impact on people's attitudes towards alcohol consumption. in this large study, sociological perspectives of people have been assessed about the effects of alcohol on some of common health problems. methods: in this survey, 143 real estate owners in city of mashhad were randomly selected and asked to give our questio...

ôbjective: psychological status of university students has an important role in their academic performance. the present study was planned to evaluate the psychological view of new entrance students of shaheed sadoughi üniversity of medical sciences. methods: general health questionnaire (ghq-28) was used to collect data from 1689 students who visited the âdvisory and guidance çenter of the üniv...

objective: this study proposed a model for provision of an effective universal coverage for mental health services based on global and national experiences, available resources and the nature of primary health care system of iran to reduce the burden of mental health conditions. method: a framework with prioritized mental and social health services was devised through a review of literature and...

objectives: this study was conducted on the estimation of the efficiency of mental health program in primary health care in chaharmahal and bakhtyari province, situated in center of the islamic republic of iran, from 1999 to 2009. methods: one of the important objectives of mental health program is screening of mental health disorders and follow up. according to the prescription of mental healt...

background: patient safety is a serious global public health issue. estimates show that every day many patients are harmed while receiving hospital care. health care staff plays a key role in providing quality and safe patient care, especially physicians who are main members of the medical team and a critical element in patient safety efforts. objective: the current study used a theory of plann...