abstract background: quality of care is of great importance in health services as these services have the important mission to preserve health, and to give care to the society. the present study aimed to investigate the quality of midwifery services from the viewpoint of the clients, under coverage of health care centers in isfahan, through servqual model. materials and methods: this descriptiv...

in 2010, the united states adopted its first-ever comprehensive set of health system reforms in the affordable care act (aca). implementation of the law, though politically contentious and controversial, has now reached a stage where reversal of most elements of the law is no longer feasible. the controversial portions of the law that expand affordable health insurance coverage to most u.s. cit...

reducing wastes in the healthcare processes is crucial for developing a high performance health system. adopted from the toyota production system (tps), the lean concept has emerged in recent years as a way of introducing innovative ideas to improve industrial processes. in the context of health care, lean is considered as a continuous improvement model, which provides healthcare organization t...

abstract background: client satisfaction is an important indicator for assessment of the quality of care provided. detecting patients dissatisfaction and trying to find the most effective and costly services is the basic way for improvement of service quality. the purpose of this study was to determine the satisfaction level of women in the maternity care centers (hospitals) of lorestan univers...

background : multiple sclerosis (ms) is a chronic and progressive disease of the central nervous system with debilitating symptoms and complications. therefore, education and appropriate interventions, including self-care education, are necessary to increase the quality of life in these patients. the purpose of this study was to determine the influence of self-care education on quality of life ...

conclusions although the majority of women had pcc records and received advice from healthcare professionals to carry out pchbs, most of them did not adhere to the pchb guideline recommendations. it is therefore suggested that strategies should be adopted to establish pcc services in the healthcare system and encourage clients to adhere to the pchb guideline recommended by the ministry of healt...

background clinical decision support systems (cdss or cds) are interactive computer programs, which are designed to assist physicians and other health professionals with decision making tasks. the main purpose of modern cdss is to assist clinicians at the point of care. this means that a clinician would interact with a cdss to help determine diagnosis, analysis, etc. of patient data. material a...