Background and Objectives: The most wildly used model in measuring and evaluating the quality of health care is the evaluating of services in the field of structure, process and outcome based on the Donabedian model. In this study with emphasise on the role of the prenatal care in improving maternal health, the Donabedian model was investigated. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional stud...

Introduction: Health care systems, especially nurses are identified as professional organization services and require the use of efficient ways to deliver services because of relationship with health community. It is possible only using new information management techniques and allocation of appropriate time for knowledge management. The aim of this study was to review the concept of knowledge ...

Introduction: Considering the importance maternal care, this study aimed at exploring the concept of continuous care and its dimensions in prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal periods. Methods: This was a content analysis qualitative study that was performed using semi-structured in depth interviews. Conventional content analysis method was used for data analysis simultaneously data gathering...

Introduction: Health Care organizations, because of their special nature of Medical Services, impossibility of assessment by customers, and increasing of patients and customer expectation, have to apply different management approach. In recent decade Six Sigma has been considered as systematic and powerful to improve service quality and cost saving. Six Sigma is a statistical and systematic app...