objective one of the prominent microorganisms in several reports of nosocomial infections is staphylococcus aureus (s. aureus) which is carried by several health care workers (hcw) many times throughout the day. the present investigation was conducted to assess the nasal and hand carriage rate of s. aureus amongst medical personnel of loghman hakim hospital's toxicological intensive care unit (...

background and objectives: spirituality and spiritual care, as essential components of holistic nursing care, are widely recognized, while spiritual aspect is still overlooked. spirituality has been associated with the caregiver’s sense of well-being and ability to cope. the aim of this study was to determine attitude of intensive care nurses toward spirituality and spiritual care and its relat...

introduction: health system performance assessment provides appropriate information about the status of health systems for governments and communities. therefore, in the recent decade, many countries have focused on performance assessment and reporting in order to develop methods and tools as a mean to help achieving health goals. the present study tries to design an indicator-based model (incl...

Doctor Shoja-ad-Din Sheikholeslamzadeh (also known as Dr. Sheikh) (1931-2014) was an outstanding orthopedic surgeon. He is credited for the establishment of the Iranian Association of Rehabilitation, Shafa Yahyaian Hospital as an Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Center, the Social Welfare Organization, Iran’s emergency dispatch center (115) and many other major projects that led to the upgrading o...

Background Comprehensive and coordinated management of chronic disease is a major challenge for healthcare systems. Clalit Health Services, a non-profit health fund, insures 4 million people in Israel, and provides comprehensive care through 1,300 primary and secondary clinics and 14 hospitals. The base of the health care is 1150 multi-professional primary care health centers. Clalit has a comp...

to estimate the prevalence and analyze factors associated with both public and private health services utilization in women population in a western district of iran.a cross-sectional study with 1200 individuals aged 18-49 years carried out in different districts of sanandaj city, western iran, in 2012. the main outcome variable was use of health service in the previous 12 months. the in-depende...

Sponsorship of a healthcare organization by a religious community requires sponsors to maintain significant influence and ultimate control over mission, quality of services, and assets. To ensure the mission of its sponsor (the Religious Sisters of Mercy) permeated all its operations, St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, Fort Smith, AR, incorporated the nine Mercy values into the organization's cor...

The increasing awareness of the scarcity of health care resources is forcing the health care industry to improve quality while lowering the cost. One method by which employers and insurance companies are attempting to do this is with value-based insurance design. In these plans, patients pay a lower amount for certain services that are considered high value and a higher amount for services that...

TQM is introduced into many organisations in an attempt to improve productivity and quality. There are a number of organisational variables that have been recognised as influencing the success of TQM implementation including leadership, teamwork, and suppliers. This paper presents findings of a study of the implementation of TQM in Australian health care organisations. Structural factors were o...

First, it’s a great honor to have been invited back here again. I think this organization is one of the great organizations in this country, and indeed around the world, in trying to change the way we approach health care. What I’d like to do this morning is give you a different way to look at the crisis in the US health care system and hopefully offer you some very specific actions that you ca...